INADVERT'ENCY, n. [L. in and advertens, adverto. See Advert.] 1. A not turning the mind to; inattention; negligence; heedlessness. Many mistakes and some misfortunes proceed from inadvertence.2. The effect of inattention; any oversight,mistake or fault which proceeds from negligence of thought. The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author.
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