inadvertent
unintentional because attention was missing
Roots
- ad- / a-: to, toward, added onto, or intensified
- im- / in- (not): not or without
- vers / vert / verg: turn, bend, or incline
Other words with the vers / vert / verg root
- adverse: unfavorable or opposed
- advertise: to call attention to something
- aversion: strong dislike or turning away
- avert: to turn away or prevent
- converge: to come together toward one point
- diverge: to move apart from a shared point
- divergent: moving or developing in different directions
- divert: to turn aside or redirect
Inadvertent means not turned toward with attention: the action happened, but intention was not steering it.
The error was inadvertent; she had copied the date from an older draft.