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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inadvertence \in`advert"ence\; pl. -ces, inadvertency
\in`advert"ency\; pl. -cies, n. cf. f. inadvertance.
1913 webster
1. the quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or
attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes
proceed from inadvertence.
1913 webster
inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and
intention of our prayers. --jer. taylor.
1913 webster
2. an effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an
oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
1913 webster
the productions of a great genius, with many lapses
an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to
works of an inferior kind of author which are
scrupulously exact. --addison.
syn: inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence;
thoughtlessness. see inattention.
1913 webster
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-ces -cies inattention
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
superintendency \su`perintend"ency\, n.; pl. -cies.
the act of superintending; superintendence. --boyle.
1913 webster
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