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Webster 1913 Edition
Inadvertency
{
Inˊad-vert′ence
;
pl.
, -ces
Inˊad-vert′en-cy
;
pl.
, } -cies
Noun.
[Cf. F.
inadvertance
.] 1.
The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence;
as, many mistakes proceed from
. inadvertence
Inadvertency
, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Jer. Taylor.
2.
An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
Syn. – Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See
Inattention
.