Recent Examples on the WebAs for inventions, accident and inadvertence played a role in the development of Post-it Notes and microwave heating. Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 4 May 2018 The history of the game proceeded through intelligence, but also through inadvertence. Jay Caspian Kang, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2017
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Medieval Latin inadvertentia, from Latin in- + advertent-, advertens, present participle of advertere to advert