HOW TO PRONOUNCE
inadvertently
/ˌɪnədˈvɝtəntli/
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What does inadvertently mean?
adverb
- Unintentionally; because of an oversight.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪnədˈvɝtəntli/
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Though worms inadvertently pass a lot of soil through their bodies as they tunnel, soil is not their food.
The man bent his head down to catch his fare's directions, and Leslie Ward inadvertently pushed three fingers right into the cabman's mouth.
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His old dog, Pilot, lay on one side, removed out of the way, and coiled up as if afraid of being inadvertently trodden upon.
It will be as natural to do that as for a musician to correct a discord which he has inadvertently made on the piano.
Campbell of Georgia operated inadvertently at the second and third month in two cases of vesicovaginal fistula in pregnant women.