Inadvertent

a.

1.

Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. - Cowper.

Adj.

1.

inadvertent - without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting" Synonyms: accidental

arbitrary, automatic, capricious, casual, culpably negligent, derelict, disregardant, disregardful, distracted, distrait, feckless, gut, heedless, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-devised, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, indeliberate, indifferent, inobservant, involuntary, laissez-faire, lax, loose, neglectful, neglecting, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, permissive, procrastinating, reasonless, reflex, reflexive, regardless, relaxed, remiss, scamping, skimping, slack, slighting, slurring, snap, spontaneous, thoughtless, unadvised, uncalculated, uncalculating, uncaring, uncircumspect, unconscious, unconsidered, undeliberate, undeliberated, undesigned, undevised, unguarded, unheedful, unheeding, unintended, unintentional, unmarking, unmeditated, unmindful, unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant, unobserving, unplanned, unpremeditated, unpurposed, unreasoning, unreflecting, unreflective, unremarking, unrigorous, unstudied, unthought, unthoughtful, unwary, unwatchful, unwilled, wrecking

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