inattentive
Origin of inattentive
1Other words for inattentive
1 | careless, irresponsible, neglectful, regardless, remiss, slapdash, slipshod, thoughtless |
2 | absent, absent-minded, abstracted, distracted, dreamy, faraway, oblivious, preoccupied, unheeding, unobservant; distrait, heedless, unmindful; ditzy |
Opposites for inattentive
Other words from inattentive
- in·at·ten·tive·ly, adverb
- in·at·ten·tive·ness, noun
Words Nearby inattentive
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How to use inattentive in a sentence
Researchers studying glance data from 290 human-initiated Autopilot disengagement epochs found drivers may become inattentive when using partially automated driving systems.
MIT study finds Tesla drivers become inattentive when Autopilot is activated | noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) | September 21, 2021 | TechCrunchMaternal health organizations often encourage pregnant people to advocate for themselves, to challenge biased or inattentive providers, and demand diagnostic tests like the BNP.
A simple blood test could save new mothers. Why aren’t more doctors using it? | Rachel Feltman | July 14, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThere’ll be a cause of it, and there’ll be a vehicle code attached to the cause, if it’s inattentive driving or whatever the case may be.
Tiger Woods will not face charges, sheriff says, as investigation into crash continues | Adam Kilgore | February 24, 2021 | Washington PostHe’s also a philandering husband and inattentive father to his two adult daughters.
With ‘Roadkill,’ PBS invites you to watch a narcissist politician who gets away with everything. How does that grab you? | Hank Stuever | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostIn truth, Obama is neither inattentive nor in over his head.
She never liked her mother—a frigid and inattentive woman—but adored her father.
A Sex Addiction Expert Diagnoses Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac’ | Lizzie Crocker | March 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Row is understated, luxurious, and inattentive to trends.
CFDA Honors Behind-the-Scenes Fashion Stars and Understated Style | Robin Givhan | June 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTPlotz was, by his own estimation, an inattentive Jew, a biblical ignoramus.
There came but one thing to grieve the tempers of our members—the service was slip-shod, inattentive, vile.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | VariousWho else would be as charmingly unconscious and inattentive as this American vagabond!
Two Men of Sandy Bar | Bret HarteThe Chamber sat still out of respect, but as a fact the members were inattentive.
The conquest of Rome | Matilde SeraoAgain, those thus affected are quite as likely to be the dull or inattentive as the studious.
The Education of American Girls | Anna Callender BrackettEngland, though apparently apathetic and inactive, was not inattentive to the situation.
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) | C. H. Thomas
British Dictionary definitions for inattentive
/ (ˌɪnəˈtɛntɪv) /
not paying attention; heedless; negligent
Derived forms of inattentive
- inattention or inattentiveness, noun
- inattentively, adverb
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