| 单词 | inattentive |
| 释义 | inattentive (once / 5675 pages) adj Someone who's inattentive isn't paying enough attention. An inattentive lunch companion might spend the whole meal texting on his phone. Inattentive people are sometimes distracted, like an inattentive babysitter who loses track of the kids he's watching at the playground. You can also be inattentive simply through indifference or boredom — if you're inattentive at the opera, you're not paying attention to it because you're not interested in it. Inattentive tacks the "not" prefix in- onto attentive, from the Latin root attendere, "give heed to" or "stretch toward." WORD FAMILYinattentive: inattentively, inattentiveness+/attend: attendance, attendant, attended, attender, attending, attends, attention, attentive/attendance: attendances, nonattendance/attendant: attendants/attended: unattended/attender: attenders, nonattender/attention: attentional, attentions, inattention/attentive: attentively, attentiveness, inattentive/inattention: inattentions USAGE EXAMPLES“This is no job for impulsive, timid or inattentive souls.” New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) On the visit, at a playground in a park, Cole saw her as dangerously inattentive, letting Joanie climb too high on the monkey bars. New York Times(Dec 11, 2016) One of the problems in many rural schools is absent or inattentive teachers, and Subramanian says India lacks an effective system to evaluate educators. Washington Post(Nov 08, 2016) 1adj showing a lack of attention or care inattentive students an inattentive babysitter Syn|Ant absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty lost in thought; showing preoccupation distracted, distraithaving the attention diverted especially because of anxiety dreamy, moony, woolgatheringdreamy in mood or nature drowsy, oscitant, yawningshowing lack of attention or boredom forgetful, obliviousfailing to keep in mind carelessmarked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful negligentcharacterized by neglect and undue lack of concern attentive (often followed by `to') giving care or attention absorbed, captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrappedgiving or marked by complete attention to advertent, heedfulgiving attention observantpaying close attention especially to details oversolicitousexcessively solicitous solicitousshowing hovering attentiveness concernedfeeling or showing worry or solicitude 2adj not showing due care or attention inattentive students an inattentive babysitter Syn neglectful negligent characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern |
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