inadvertent

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Wrangling Gellar free from her inadvertent nostalgic trappings is no simple task.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 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

Skims said in the statement that the error was inadvertent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

He yelped, firing another inadvertent camera flash, catching a few of Otto’s Second Guessers.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles