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inadvertence [ˌɪnədˈvɜːtəns], inadvertency n
1. lack of attention; heedlessness 2. an instance or an effect of being inadvertent; oversight; slip ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Some of our sailors, whether out of treachery or inadvertence, had informed the pilots "that I was a stranger, and great traveller;" whereof these gave notice to a custom-house officer, by whom I was examined very strictly upon my landing. The primary inducement to conferring the power in question upon the Executive is, to enable him to defend himself; the secondary one is to increase the chances in favor of the community against the passing of bad laws, through haste, inadvertence, or design. And is no allowance to be made for inadvertence, or for spirits depressed by recent disappointment? |
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