Inadvertence /(?)/

In·ad·vert·ence

Inadvertence

n.

pl. -ces

  1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
    Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers.
  2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
    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.