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inadvertence

noun/ˌɪnədˈvɜːtəns/

C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

An unintentional oversight or lack of attention amounting to carelessness.

The error arose through inadvertence rather than any deliberate departure from proper practice.

Similar: oversight

Topic: Tort in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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