inadvertent

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With the substitution exposed, Fox claimed the error was inadvertent.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

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 • Feb. 25, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Commissioner Rasha Gerges Shields said it lacked guardrails against the inadvertent deletion of pertinent records.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Which, as I see it, was an inadvertent kindness.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss