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INADVERTENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inadvertent mean?
• INADVERTENT (adjective)
The adjective INADVERTENT has 1 sense:
1. happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
Familiarity information: INADVERTENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
Synonyms:
accidental; inadvertent
Context example:
an accidental shooting
Similar:
unintended (not deliberate)
Derivation:
inadvertence; inadvertency (the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities)
Context examples
It is caused by the inadvertent scarring down of the middle portion of the inferior oblique muscle at or near the insertion of the inferior rectus muscle.
(Adherence Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A device component of a catheter assembly designed to prevent backflow of blood and thus minimize inadvertent blood loss while accessing the vasculature.
(Hemo Valve Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Membrane cofactor protein (MCP) is one critical regulator aimed at controlling inadvertent complement activation on host cells and nearly every cell examined expresses MCP on its cell membrane.
(Complement Component Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
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