Synonyms of inadvertent

inadvertent

adjective

ˌi-nəd-ˈvər-tᵊnt 

as in accidental

happening by chance

an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accidental
• chance
• unexpected
• unintentional
• unintended
• incidental
• unwitting
• fortuitous
• unplanned
• casual
• unpremeditated
• flukey
• odd
• random
• fluky
• arbitrary
• coincidental
• unforeseen
• haphazard
• freak
• unforeseeable
• aimless
• uncertain
• desultory
• involuntary
• unconscious
• forced
• coerced
• unprompted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intentional
• deliberate
• intended
• premeditated
• planned
• calculated
• inevitable
• certain
• predictable
• foreseeable
• sure
• fixed
• destined
• foreseen
• set
• expected
• prescribed
• wilful
• predetermined
• premeditative
• conscious
• prepense
• voluntary
• willful
• knowing
• unforced
• volunteer
• preordained
• predestined
• foreordained
• freewill

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of inadvertent

The contact was inadvertent, and Green ended up on the hardwood, but Green got called for a foul. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the state's failure to produce a key piece of evidence to the defense at the original trial, even if inadvertent, violated the law. —Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024

Although provocative incidents can push crises up the escalation ladder, truly inadvertent wars are rare. —Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024

Blake said most of those situations will likely be inadvertent and involving people who didn't realize the old pickup schedule is no longer in effect. —Jeremy Duda, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024