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countable and uncountable, plural inadvertences
The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence. examples
An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence. quotations examples
The size is an inadvertence like the tailor's stitches, to allow a style to emerge.
1990, Gerald Burns, A thing about language, page 64