as in accidental
happening by chance
an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush
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Recent Examples of inadvertent
An inadvertent whistle cost them a win over Minnesota.
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
In addition to the inadvertent possibility, there is also the act by a user that explicitly tells generative AI to promote a particular addiction.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Some systems rely on very old programming languages, Flick said in her affidavit, and are vulnerable to being broken by inadvertent user error.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Wildfires, floods, and deforestation – and other inadvertent effects of human intervention – strip the land of its protective vegetation.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
In addition to the inadvertent possibility, there is also the act by a user that explicitly tells generative AI to promote a particular addiction.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Some systems rely on very old programming languages, Flick said in her affidavit, and are vulnerable to being broken by inadvertent user error.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Wildfires, floods, and deforestation – and other inadvertent effects of human intervention – strip the land of its protective vegetation.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Inadvertent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadvertent. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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