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{ In`ad*vert"ence (?); pl. -ces (&unr_;), In`ad*vert"en*cy (?); pl. -cies (&unr_;), } n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.]
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1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
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Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Jer. Taylor.
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2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
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The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. Addison.

Syn. -- Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See Inattention.
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