inadvertent as an adjective: - 1
inadvertent
adjective
1 inadvertent
Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally:
— With an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table.
synonym: accidental.
Roget 458:
inattentive;
unobservant,
unmindful,
heedless,
unthinking,
unheeding,
undiscerning†;
inadvertent;
mindless,
regardless,
respectless†,
listless
etc.
(indifferent)
866;
blind,
deaf;
bird-witted;
hand over head;
cursory,
percursory†;
giddy-brained,
scatter-brained,
hare-brained;
unreflective,
unreflecting†,
ecervele [Fr.];
offhand;
dizzy,
muzzy†,
brainsick†;
giddy,
giddy as a goose;
wild,
harum-scarum,
rantipole†,
highflying;
heedless,
careless
etc.
(neglectful)
460.
inconsiderate,
thoughtless.
absent,
abstracted,
distrait;
absentminded,
lost;
lost in thought,
wrapped in thought;
rapt,
in the clouds,
bemused;
dreaming on other things,
musing on other things;
preoccupied,
engrossed
etc.
(attentive)
457;
daydreaming,
in a reverie
etc.
n.;
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†;
napping;
dreamy;
caught napping.
disconcerted,
distracted,
put out
etc.
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