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The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
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inadvertency
Word definitions for inadvertency in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inadvertence \In`ad*vert"ence\; pl. -ces , Inadvertency \In`ad*vert"en*cy\; pl. -cies , n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.] The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. inadvertence or heedlessness
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities [syn: unmindfulness , heedlessness , inadvertence ] [ant: mindfulness , mindfulness ]
Usage examples of inadvertency.
And yet, a few minutes afterwards, she felt as if their being in company with each other, under their present circumstances, could only be exposing them to inadvertencies and misconstructions of the most mischievous kind.
But the Scriptures are full in it, and the Instances numerous, that the Almighty, Divine Being has this prerogative to make use of what Instrument he pleaseth, in Afflicting any, and consequently to commissionate Devils: And tho this word commissioning, in the Authors former Books, might be thought to be by inadvertency.