inadvertence

Provision was also made for the case of publication of libellous matter by inadvertence in newspapers.

They were like two men who by inadvertence had attempted to pass through a narrow doorway abreast.

Whatever her sins, they were not sins of intention, but of inadvertence, and why should she have been punished so persistently?

It is difficult to believe that this is not due rather to malignity than inadvertence.

By inadvertence, the conversation had touched on a topic concerning which Brand was always either vague or silent.