inadvertent
Example Sentences
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But, as we learn from Ms. Chang’s touching sequel, “Fly, Wild Swans,” in the first book she engaged in some inadvertent understatement.
Fair enough but he thinks eliminating supposedly inadvertent features of the tax code—those “loopholes” or “caverns”—would work.
However, the Scottish government's independent advisers found that the breaches of the ministerial code were inadvertent and "without any deliberation or intention to mislead".
From BBC
But this shake-up had an inadvertent side effect Bravo execs may not have anticipated.
From Salon
“We feel very comfortable that this isn’t an issue with inadvertent manipulation of fuel control,” he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.