Inadvertent
adjective
Done without being planned or intended, usually causing harm or mistakes.
He gave an inadvertent laugh, revealing his true feelings.
Often appears as...
- inadvertent error
- inadvertent disclosure
adjective
Done without being planned or intended, usually causing harm or mistakes.
He gave an inadvertent laugh, revealing his true feelings.
Often appears as...
- inadvertent error
- inadvertent disclosure
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Often implies a mistake or something unwanted has happened because of lack of attention or care.
Her inadvertent remark offended the guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Deliberate
Highlights the absence of intention; it was not on purpose.
I apologize for the inadvertent confusion caused by my earlier statement.
Pro Tip 3/3Consequence Awareness
Use when it's important to show an action had unplanned consequences.
The software update led to inadvertent data loss for some users.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Often implies a mistake or something unwanted has happened because of lack of attention or care.
Her inadvertent remark offended the guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Deliberate
Highlights the absence of intention; it was not on purpose.
I apologize for the inadvertent confusion caused by my earlier statement.
Pro Tip 3/3Consequence Awareness
Use when it's important to show an action had unplanned consequences.
The software update led to inadvertent data loss for some users.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Often implies a mistake or something unwanted has happened because of lack of attention or care.
Her inadvertent remark offended the guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Deliberate
Highlights the absence of intention; it was not on purpose.
I apologize for the inadvertent confusion caused by my earlier statement.
Pro Tip 3/3Consequence Awareness
Use when it's important to show an action had unplanned consequences.
The software update led to inadvertent data loss for some users.
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The gift and power of...
Or actively try to push aside these feelings. We do this not only to ourselves, but also to people we love, like our children -- we may inadvertently shame them out of emotions seen as negative, jump to a solution, and fail to help them to see these emotions as inherently valuable.
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have considerable ecological importance. For one, they serve as secondary seed dispersers. Dung from monkeys, wild pigs, and other animals is riddled with seeds from the fruits they eat. When beetles bury their dung balls, they inadvertently protect these seeds from predators
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Licking bees and pulping...
As the swarm descends, alarmed humans try to swat them. They even fight back with pesticides that purposefully poison wasps, and inadvertently impact a wide-range of local wildlife. But the wasps are actually vital to this ecosystem.
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Steven Pinker: Human...
ban on the topic in a number of scientific journals, coming from irate left-handers and their advocates, and they were literally afraid to open their mail because of the venom and vituperation that they had inadvertently inspired.
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Bite of the Tasmanian...
larger than the rest of its torso and supports an unusually prominent and powerful mouth to date Taz's have killed no humans but inadvertent encounters with devils kenan and bloodshed one of the only ways to observe them is in
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How reliable is your...
Well out there in the real world, misinformation is everywhere. We get misinformation not only if we're questioned in a leading way, but if we talk to other witnesses who might consciously or inadvertently feed us
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Falling in love is the...
I think I was afraid that we would become inadvertent icons for the process of falling in love, a position I did not at all feel qualified for. And I get people didn't just want to know if the study worked,
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Julia Dhar: How to have...
that's where they started with the big picture, not with personality or politics or policies. Because inadvertently they were doing something that we do naturally with outsiders
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Why we need to end the...
I had to eat a big piece of humble pie to admit that I had made a mistake and inadvertently become a part of the problem. I had been an orphanage tourist, a voluntourist.
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Greatest Fights In The...
an octopus inadvertently it's wandered into the
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The gift and power of...
Or actively try to push aside these feelings. We do this not only to ourselves, but also to people we love, like our children -- we may inadvertently shame them out of emotions seen as negative, jump to a solution, and fail to help them to see these emotions as inherently valuable.
Video examples
Why isn't the world...
have considerable ecological importance. For one, they serve as secondary seed dispersers. Dung from monkeys, wild pigs, and other animals is riddled with seeds from the fruits they eat. When beetles bury their dung balls, they inadvertently protect these seeds from predators
Video examples
Licking bees and pulping...
As the swarm descends, alarmed humans try to swat them. They even fight back with pesticides that purposefully poison wasps, and inadvertently impact a wide-range of local wildlife. But the wasps are actually vital to this ecosystem.
Video examples
Steven Pinker: Human...
ban on the topic in a number of scientific journals, coming from irate left-handers and their advocates, and they were literally afraid to open their mail because of the venom and vituperation that they had inadvertently inspired.
Video examples
Bite of the Tasmanian...
larger than the rest of its torso and supports an unusually prominent and powerful mouth to date Taz's have killed no humans but inadvertent encounters with devils kenan and bloodshed one of the only ways to observe them is in
Video examples
How reliable is your...
Well out there in the real world, misinformation is everywhere. We get misinformation not only if we're questioned in a leading way, but if we talk to other witnesses who might consciously or inadvertently feed us
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Falling in love is the...
I think I was afraid that we would become inadvertent icons for the process of falling in love, a position I did not at all feel qualified for. And I get people didn't just want to know if the study worked,
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Julia Dhar: How to have...
that's where they started with the big picture, not with personality or politics or policies. Because inadvertently they were doing something that we do naturally with outsiders
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Why we need to end the...
I had to eat a big piece of humble pie to admit that I had made a mistake and inadvertently become a part of the problem. I had been an orphanage tourist, a voluntourist.
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Greatest Fights In The...
an octopus inadvertently it's wandered into the
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Nell Scovell
American Journalist
An executive producer with an all-male writing staff once inadvertently revealed his deep, dark fear. While discussing a full-time position for me, he mused out loud, 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change everything.' Of course, what he really meant was: 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change me.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear war, inadvertent creation of a micro black hole, or some as-yet-unknown technology could spell the end of us.
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Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
Regulations for international accounting and funding will have to be examined to identify policies that inadvertently discourage institutional investors from putting their resources into longer-term, illiquid assets.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them.
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LZ Granderson
American Journalist
We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.
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Viktor Orban
Hungarian Politician
These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Holland Taylor
American Actress
I've often played very strong, flashy, kind of inadvertently mean women. I am not that way in my real life.
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Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
For most of my life, I did deliberately lead a private life and inadvertently led a public life.
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Graeme Simsion
New Zealander Author
Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.
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A. N. Wilson
English Writer
I don't write books inadvertently.
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Nell Scovell
American Journalist
An executive producer with an all-male writing staff once inadvertently revealed his deep, dark fear. While discussing a full-time position for me, he mused out loud, 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change everything.' Of course, what he really meant was: 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change me.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear war, inadvertent creation of a micro black hole, or some as-yet-unknown technology could spell the end of us.
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Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
Regulations for international accounting and funding will have to be examined to identify policies that inadvertently discourage institutional investors from putting their resources into longer-term, illiquid assets.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them.
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LZ Granderson
American Journalist
We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.
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Viktor Orban
Hungarian Politician
These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Holland Taylor
American Actress
I've often played very strong, flashy, kind of inadvertently mean women. I am not that way in my real life.
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Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
For most of my life, I did deliberately lead a private life and inadvertently led a public life.
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Graeme Simsion
New Zealander Author
Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.
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A. N. Wilson
English Writer
I don't write books inadvertently.
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