Associations to the word «Inadvertence»

Wiktionary

INADVERTENCE, noun. The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
INADVERTENCE, noun. An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence.

Dictionary definition

INADVERTENCE, noun. An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something.
INADVERTENCE, noun. The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky