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 

• INADVERTENT (adjective)

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)