inadvertency

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Leak Investigation 1 appears to have stemmed from mistake, inadvertency and laziness.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

Vossius has noticed the inadvertency or ignorance of Plautus in this drama, where, though the scene is laid in Epidaurus, he sends the parasite to Caria, and brings him back in four days.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

It was strange, however, that he should betray himself by such an inadvertency.

From Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist by Brown, Charles Brockden

Persia, Syria, Arabia, parts of Turkey, and the Barbary coast, have been rendered arid deserts by this inadvertency.

From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Phillips, Richard

An error of no small magnitude, and which could not have been owing to inadvertency.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund