The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inadvertence \In`ad*vert"ence\; pl. -ces, Inadvertency
\In`ad*vert"en*cy\; pl. -cies, n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.]
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1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or
attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes
proceed from inadvertence.
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Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and
intention of our prayers. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an
oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Superintendency \Su`per*in*tend"en*cy\, n.; pl. -cies.
The act of superintending; superintendence. --Boyle.
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