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All inadvertence synonyms

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noun inadvertence

  • indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • omission — the act of omitting.
  • oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
  • carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
  • inattention — lack of attention; negligence.
  • negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
  • thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
  • laxity — the state or quality of being lax; looseness.
  • forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
  • inadvertency — inadvertence.
  • error — A mistake.
  • mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
  • blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
  • faux pas — a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
  • fallacy — a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
  • miscue — a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.
  • slip-up — a mistake, blunder, or oversight: Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
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