INADVERTENT

accidental, inadvertent

(adjective) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally; “with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table”; “accidental poisoning”; “an accidental shooting”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

inadvertent (not comparable)

Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.

(obsolete) Inattentive.

Synonyms

• (not intentional): designless, unintended, accidental; see also unintentional

• (inattentive): absent-minded, distracted

Source: Wiktionary


In`ad*vert"ent, a. Etym: [Cf. F. inadvertant. See 2d In-, and Advert.]

Definition: Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. Cowper.

– In`ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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