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Definition of inattentive in English: inattentiveadjective ɪnəˈtɛntɪvˌɪnəˈtɛn(t)ɪv 1Not paying attention to something. a particularly dull and inattentive pupil Example sentencesExamples - If one believes that during a full moon there is an increase in accidents, one will notice when accidents occur during a full moon, but be inattentive to the moon when accidents occur at other times.
- The client may be so relieved by the result as to be inattentive to further information, but it's important to reinforce that a negative test does not include ‘immunity’
- If my service is rude or inattentive, I start subtracting from the tip.
- Although a majority of Italians were peasants, Italian nationalism had been remarkably inattentive to the peasantry.
- Not to be outdone, many historians came to consider scholars trained in economics to be overly narrow, inattentive to historical context, and interpretively reductionistic.
- The public is often inattentive to agency decision-making, and so public involvement is minimal (though organized interest groups do pay close attention, and are heavily involved in rule-making and implementation).
- Other women who had assumed considerable responsibility for their family and the home recalled that their mothers had been particularly inattentive to them.
- Also recalling the inattentive service from Stephanie last night, we made sure to sit on the other side of the diner so we would have the same friendly, efficient waiter who served us on the way up.
- Early family therapy models tended to focus narrowly on the interior of the family, inattentive to larger sociocultural influences.
- With regard to the second goal, therapists in general were relatively inattentive to empowering clients to resist gender-based expectations.
- If one were weary at the end of the day, or careless at any time… one misstep, one inattentive moment and a fall was possible.
- It is, I suspect, a film that could not be made now, for modern audiences have become too inattentive to sit still long enough to watch the simple acts of living that it so lovingly portrays.
- He wrote that contemporary literary criticism was too often ‘worldless’, by which he meant inattentive to the circumstances that press upon texts, writers and readers alike.
- Some children are too hyperactive or inattentive to function in a regular classroom, even with medication and a behavior management plan.
- Americans are notoriously inattentive to national politics and sensibly cynical about politicians.
- Your attitude and demeanor can betray how you feel as clearly as inattentive service.
- In every case, I was inattentive to something critical.
- What happened to his father, of course, was his father got hammered by Democrats for seemingly being inattentive to an onset of a recession, and that's partly how he lost his job.
- The mainstream dailies are so inattentive to their readers’ and advertisers’ needs it's sad, and they are not at all cost efficient.
- Low energy prices, it said, ‘made the United States even more inattentive to the implications of half of its oil supply coming from other nations.’
- Parent-child communication within alcoholic families is often characterized as excessively critical, lacking warmth, and as inattentive to children's needs and feelings.
- His initial response to his wife's death was paralysis and guilt that his self-absorption in art had left him inattentive to her needs.
- The cooks in these big restaurants are often inattentive to customers.
- Legal scholars have concluded that half of the last 10 retirees have been too feeble or inattentive to fully participate in the work of the court.
- The displays were drab, too few choices, the atmosphere lacklustre, the music no good, and worst of all, the attendants were complacent and inattentive.
Synonyms not concentrating, distracted, lacking concentration, preoccupied, absent-minded, daydreaming, dreamy, dreaming, wool-gathering, lost in thought, off in a world of one's own, in a brown study, with one's head in the clouds, abstracted, distrait, oblivious, not with us, unheeding informal miles away - 1.1 Failing to attend to the comfort or wishes of others.
I was disappointed by the food and the inattentive service Example sentencesExamples - It is, I suspect, a film that could not be made now, for modern audiences have become too inattentive to sit still long enough to watch the simple acts of living that it so lovingly portrays.
- Not to be outdone, many historians came to consider scholars trained in economics to be overly narrow, inattentive to historical context, and interpretively reductionistic.
- If one were weary at the end of the day, or careless at any time… one misstep, one inattentive moment and a fall was possible.
- The client may be so relieved by the result as to be inattentive to further information, but it's important to reinforce that a negative test does not include ‘immunity’
- Also recalling the inattentive service from Stephanie last night, we made sure to sit on the other side of the diner so we would have the same friendly, efficient waiter who served us on the way up.
- Other women who had assumed considerable responsibility for their family and the home recalled that their mothers had been particularly inattentive to them.
- Early family therapy models tended to focus narrowly on the interior of the family, inattentive to larger sociocultural influences.
- The public is often inattentive to agency decision-making, and so public involvement is minimal (though organized interest groups do pay close attention, and are heavily involved in rule-making and implementation).
- Although a majority of Italians were peasants, Italian nationalism had been remarkably inattentive to the peasantry.
- The displays were drab, too few choices, the atmosphere lacklustre, the music no good, and worst of all, the attendants were complacent and inattentive.
- If my service is rude or inattentive, I start subtracting from the tip.
- If one believes that during a full moon there is an increase in accidents, one will notice when accidents occur during a full moon, but be inattentive to the moon when accidents occur at other times.
- His initial response to his wife's death was paralysis and guilt that his self-absorption in art had left him inattentive to her needs.
- Parent-child communication within alcoholic families is often characterized as excessively critical, lacking warmth, and as inattentive to children's needs and feelings.
- Your attitude and demeanor can betray how you feel as clearly as inattentive service.
- Americans are notoriously inattentive to national politics and sensibly cynical about politicians.
- He wrote that contemporary literary criticism was too often ‘worldless’, by which he meant inattentive to the circumstances that press upon texts, writers and readers alike.
- Legal scholars have concluded that half of the last 10 retirees have been too feeble or inattentive to fully participate in the work of the court.
- The cooks in these big restaurants are often inattentive to customers.
- The mainstream dailies are so inattentive to their readers’ and advertisers’ needs it's sad, and they are not at all cost efficient.
- Low energy prices, it said, ‘made the United States even more inattentive to the implications of half of its oil supply coming from other nations.’
- What happened to his father, of course, was his father got hammered by Democrats for seemingly being inattentive to an onset of a recession, and that's partly how he lost his job.
- In every case, I was inattentive to something critical.
- Some children are too hyperactive or inattentive to function in a regular classroom, even with medication and a behavior management plan.
- With regard to the second goal, therapists in general were relatively inattentive to empowering clients to resist gender-based expectations.
Synonyms negligent, neglectful, remiss, slack, sloppy, slapdash, lackadaisical, lax forgetful, careless, thoughtless, heedless, unthinking indifferent, unconcerned, inconsiderate
Derivatives adverb ɪnəˈtɛntɪvliˌɪnəˈtɛn(t)ɪvli Audiences tend to consume ads - particularly print ads - inattentively, perhaps even uncritically, yet ads generate meaning by initiating processes in which texts and audiences interact. Example sentencesExamples - Mothers who love their children inattentively let their fantasies blind them.
- Well, last week Tom took some copies out of the copy machine a little, shall we say, inattentively, and stapled them without looking at them.
- I contemplated the issue as I inattentively walked myself to class.
- Either you'll be enthralled by his underplayed persona or drift aimlessly and inattentively away from his soporific compositions.
noun ɪnəˈtɛntɪvnəsˌɪnəˈtɛn(t)ɪvnəs What's more, classroom inattentiveness and lack of focus (the fidget factor) among school-age children can in part be attributed to a lack of accurate fit between chair, desk and those who use them. Example sentencesExamples - Cecily was frustrated at her friend's inattentiveness.
- In more practical terms, many of the psychiatric medications cause lethargy and inattentiveness, and awkward explanations are required for long gaps in your employment history.
- Cannabis use leads to delayed reactions and inattentiveness.
- Although ADHD can account for hyperactivity or inattentiveness, physicians should remember that these symptoms can also be caused by other disorders.
Definition of inattentive in US English: inattentiveadjectiveˌɪnəˈtɛn(t)ɪvˌinəˈten(t)iv 1Not paying attention to something. a particularly dull and inattentive student Example sentencesExamples - It is, I suspect, a film that could not be made now, for modern audiences have become too inattentive to sit still long enough to watch the simple acts of living that it so lovingly portrays.
- The mainstream dailies are so inattentive to their readers’ and advertisers’ needs it's sad, and they are not at all cost efficient.
- Also recalling the inattentive service from Stephanie last night, we made sure to sit on the other side of the diner so we would have the same friendly, efficient waiter who served us on the way up.
- If one believes that during a full moon there is an increase in accidents, one will notice when accidents occur during a full moon, but be inattentive to the moon when accidents occur at other times.
- Although a majority of Italians were peasants, Italian nationalism had been remarkably inattentive to the peasantry.
- If my service is rude or inattentive, I start subtracting from the tip.
- What happened to his father, of course, was his father got hammered by Democrats for seemingly being inattentive to an onset of a recession, and that's partly how he lost his job.
- Early family therapy models tended to focus narrowly on the interior of the family, inattentive to larger sociocultural influences.
- The displays were drab, too few choices, the atmosphere lacklustre, the music no good, and worst of all, the attendants were complacent and inattentive.
- With regard to the second goal, therapists in general were relatively inattentive to empowering clients to resist gender-based expectations.
- The cooks in these big restaurants are often inattentive to customers.
- Not to be outdone, many historians came to consider scholars trained in economics to be overly narrow, inattentive to historical context, and interpretively reductionistic.
- Some children are too hyperactive or inattentive to function in a regular classroom, even with medication and a behavior management plan.
- Legal scholars have concluded that half of the last 10 retirees have been too feeble or inattentive to fully participate in the work of the court.
- The public is often inattentive to agency decision-making, and so public involvement is minimal (though organized interest groups do pay close attention, and are heavily involved in rule-making and implementation).
- He wrote that contemporary literary criticism was too often ‘worldless’, by which he meant inattentive to the circumstances that press upon texts, writers and readers alike.
- The client may be so relieved by the result as to be inattentive to further information, but it's important to reinforce that a negative test does not include ‘immunity’
- Americans are notoriously inattentive to national politics and sensibly cynical about politicians.
- Your attitude and demeanor can betray how you feel as clearly as inattentive service.
- Parent-child communication within alcoholic families is often characterized as excessively critical, lacking warmth, and as inattentive to children's needs and feelings.
- Low energy prices, it said, ‘made the United States even more inattentive to the implications of half of its oil supply coming from other nations.’
- If one were weary at the end of the day, or careless at any time… one misstep, one inattentive moment and a fall was possible.
- In every case, I was inattentive to something critical.
- His initial response to his wife's death was paralysis and guilt that his self-absorption in art had left him inattentive to her needs.
- Other women who had assumed considerable responsibility for their family and the home recalled that their mothers had been particularly inattentive to them.
Synonyms not concentrating, distracted, lacking concentration, preoccupied, absent-minded, daydreaming, dreamy, dreaming, wool-gathering, lost in thought, off in a world of one's own, in a brown study, with one's head in the clouds, abstracted, distrait, oblivious, not with us, unheeding - 1.1 Failing to attend to the comfort or wishes of others.
I was disappointed by the food and the inattentive service Example sentencesExamples - Your attitude and demeanor can betray how you feel as clearly as inattentive service.
- Americans are notoriously inattentive to national politics and sensibly cynical about politicians.
- He wrote that contemporary literary criticism was too often ‘worldless’, by which he meant inattentive to the circumstances that press upon texts, writers and readers alike.
- If one were weary at the end of the day, or careless at any time… one misstep, one inattentive moment and a fall was possible.
- The public is often inattentive to agency decision-making, and so public involvement is minimal (though organized interest groups do pay close attention, and are heavily involved in rule-making and implementation).
- Low energy prices, it said, ‘made the United States even more inattentive to the implications of half of its oil supply coming from other nations.’
- Parent-child communication within alcoholic families is often characterized as excessively critical, lacking warmth, and as inattentive to children's needs and feelings.
- Legal scholars have concluded that half of the last 10 retirees have been too feeble or inattentive to fully participate in the work of the court.
- Some children are too hyperactive or inattentive to function in a regular classroom, even with medication and a behavior management plan.
- The client may be so relieved by the result as to be inattentive to further information, but it's important to reinforce that a negative test does not include ‘immunity’
- The cooks in these big restaurants are often inattentive to customers.
- Not to be outdone, many historians came to consider scholars trained in economics to be overly narrow, inattentive to historical context, and interpretively reductionistic.
- Early family therapy models tended to focus narrowly on the interior of the family, inattentive to larger sociocultural influences.
- With regard to the second goal, therapists in general were relatively inattentive to empowering clients to resist gender-based expectations.
- The displays were drab, too few choices, the atmosphere lacklustre, the music no good, and worst of all, the attendants were complacent and inattentive.
- The mainstream dailies are so inattentive to their readers’ and advertisers’ needs it's sad, and they are not at all cost efficient.
- What happened to his father, of course, was his father got hammered by Democrats for seemingly being inattentive to an onset of a recession, and that's partly how he lost his job.
- It is, I suspect, a film that could not be made now, for modern audiences have become too inattentive to sit still long enough to watch the simple acts of living that it so lovingly portrays.
- If my service is rude or inattentive, I start subtracting from the tip.
- Although a majority of Italians were peasants, Italian nationalism had been remarkably inattentive to the peasantry.
- Other women who had assumed considerable responsibility for their family and the home recalled that their mothers had been particularly inattentive to them.
- His initial response to his wife's death was paralysis and guilt that his self-absorption in art had left him inattentive to her needs.
- If one believes that during a full moon there is an increase in accidents, one will notice when accidents occur during a full moon, but be inattentive to the moon when accidents occur at other times.
- In every case, I was inattentive to something critical.
- Also recalling the inattentive service from Stephanie last night, we made sure to sit on the other side of the diner so we would have the same friendly, efficient waiter who served us on the way up.
Synonyms negligent, neglectful, remiss, slack, sloppy, slapdash, lackadaisical, lax
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