inadvertent

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At a previous High Court hearing, lawyers for Matt Goodwin and his election agent Adam Rawlinson acknowledged some election leaflets had failed to include a "statutory imprint", something which constituted "inadvertent illegal practice".

From BBC

No matter, many took his comments to be an inadvertent slip of the greatest secret in history.

From The Wall Street Journal

Westminster standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg said the breaches were "inadvertent" and no further action was needed.

From BBC

Skims said in the statement that the error was inadvertent.

From Los Angeles Times

Chief Justice John Roberts also appeared unconvinced that the allegations met the statutory standard, asking whether inadvertent errors in mortgage paperwork could plausibly rise to the level of gross negligence.

From Barron's