adj.

1. Not duly attentive.
2. Marked by unintentional lack of care. See synonyms at careless.

inadvertently in'ad·ver'tent·ly adv.

adjective

1. Not intended: undesigned, undevised, unintended, unintentional, unmeant, unplanned, unwitting. See planned/unplanned.
2. Occurring unexpectedly: accidental, casual, chance, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, odd. See surprise/expect.

adj

Definition: accidental
Antonyms: advertent, attentive, deliberate, intentional, planned

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IN BRIEF: Unintentional, accidental.

Some professional sports stars serve as inadvertent role models for young people.

Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - utilsigtet, uagtsom

Nederlands (Dutch)
onopzettelijk

Français (French)
adj. - involontaire, inattentif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - versehentlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απρόσεκτος

Italiano (Italian)
involontario, sbadato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desatento

Русский (Russian)
невнимательный, нечаянный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - involuntario, inadvertido, descuidado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ouppmärksam, oavsiktlig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
不注意的, 不慎的, 怠慢的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不注意的, 不慎的, 怠慢的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부주의한, 우연의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不注意の, 偶然の, 不注意な, うっかりした, 不慮の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مهمل, غير مقصود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שלא בכוונה, בשוגג, שבהיסח הדעת, שלא שם לב, רשלני‬

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