inadvertent

1. 1.

   happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

   “with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table”

   “accidental poisoning”

   “an accidental shooting”

   Synonymsaccidental

   Similarunintended

Questions about inadvertent

What does inadvertent mean?

inadvertent means "happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally".

How many syllables are in inadvertent?

inadvertent has 4 syllables: in-ad-ver-tent. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /ˌɪnədˈvɝtənt/.

What is another word for inadvertent?

Close synonyms include accidental. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.