Synonyms for inadvertent
ˌɪn ədˈvɜr tntin·ad·ver·tent

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1. inadvertent

   Synonyms:
   inobservant, careless, heedless

   Antonyms:
   careful, observant, accurate

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1. accidental, inadvertentadjective

   happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

   "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

   Synonyms:
   accidental

   Antonyms:
   intended

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1. inadvertentadjective

   Synonyms:
   inattentive, thoughtless, careless, heedless, inconsiderate, unobservant, negligent

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1. List of paraphrases for "inadvertent":

   accidental, involuntary, unintentional, unintended, unnoticed, adventitious, unwitting, incidental

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1. Carey Balaban:

   The energy may be acoustic, pressure waves, you've probably heard of LRAD devices (or long-range acoustic devices) -- devices they've discussed in the press -- so ultrasound is one mode that could be used for this. We also could have radiofrequency. We could have microwave. We could have light -- lasers are an example of it. I'm going through these just as examples, i want to make it eminently clear that we don't know what they were exposed to and certainly can't make any inferences as to whether it was deliberate or inadvertent.

2. Timothy Kaldas:

   There is a high level of paranoia on the part of the government. It is an inadvertent admission that there have been a number of failures.

3. Walter Shaub:

   I normally assume omissions are inadvertent, however, given all of the deception about the Stormy Stormy Daniels ' payment, it is pretty hard to believe this was not intentional.

4. Buddy Boeheim:

   I saw the play, the kid pushed him twice, i think it was inadvertent. It wasn’t much of a punch.

5. Monica Crowley:

   I am delighted that they have concluded that there was no research misconduct, as I have maintained all along, i was also happy to address any inadvertent and honest errors and update the work.