inattentive
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əˈtɛn adjective
not attentive; negligent.
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inattentive (ˌɪnəˈtɛntɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| not paying attention; heedless; negligent | |
| inat'tention | |
| —n | |
| inat'tentiveness | |
| —n | |
| inat'tentively | |
| —adv | |
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Inattentive
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Example sentences
Without an engine-braking effect, you sail up alarmingly fast on the car ahead or the inattentive pedestrian.
Boys tend to be disruptive, inattentive and hyperactive-this is what boys do.
Children with impaired hearing may appear to be distracted, inattentive, and unintelligent.
They would eat the ignorant inattentive trolls among us.
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