inadvertentadjective
uk/ˌɪn.ədˈvɜː.tənt/us/ˌɪn.ədˈvɝː.t̬ənt/not intentional:
All authors need to be wary of inadvertent copying of other people's ideas.
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Not expected or planned
- ad hoc
- ad hocism
- ad hockery
- ad lib
- ad-lib
- adventitious
- against (all) the odds/against all odds idiom
- explosive
- it's just one of those things idiom
- just like that idiom
- make sth up as you go along idiom
- muddle
- muddle along
- rude
- spur
- unawares
- undreamed of
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- unintended
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inadvertently
adverb uk/ˌɪn.ədˈvɜː.tənt.li//ˌɪn.ədˈvɝː.t̬ənt.li/
not intentionally:
He inadvertently deleted the file.
inadvertence
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪn.ədˈvɜː.təns/us/ˌɪn.ədˈvɝː.t̬əns/