"It's very possible there are just a bunch of these twenties floating around, and Nowicki's mother inadvertently passed one on."

Peter is able to avert the danger with his flute, but inadvertently passes the danger along to Bo Peep, ruining her legs and crippling her.

Another potential problem is that a recipient can inadvertently pass on vaccinia to other people who have not consented to a vaccination.

But in doing so, he inadvertently passed the powers of the Phoenix Sword to the dying Jena, who became the Phoenix Force's first host.

Mr. Neuberger bought the etching already mislabeled, most probably, and inadvertently passed it and the incorrect documentation to the museum.

I know I wouldn't want to inadvertently pass on copies of my tax returns, etc. by handing over a drive whose contents I thought I'd deleted.

Nannies say they have it easier when they start with the children as newborns, and many nannies pass on their language almost inadvertently through everyday interaction.

The main problem, the study noted, resulted from inadvertently passing along incorrect information to the insurance company at the outset.

But she inadvertently passes along Duhamel's letters, instead of Tony's.

If so, it was justice that the daughter of his people's murderer should inadvertently pass on that knowledge to one of her victims.