Examples of inattention in a Sentence
Many traffic accidents are the result of driver inattention.
They lost several potential clients through their inattention to detail.
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A little inattention in quarter three can cancel out a stellar first half and dash hopes for the last quarter of glory.
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Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2024
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): This condition often begins in childhood and causes hyperactivity, impulsivity, or inattention.
—Sunny Sea Gold, Health, 29 June 2024
As a dramatist, Baker wants the audience to become aware of its own habits of attention and inattention.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
Since then, however, North Korea has benefited from American neglect and inattention.
—Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2017
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Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2024
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): This condition often begins in childhood and causes hyperactivity, impulsivity, or inattention.
—Sunny Sea Gold, Health, 29 June 2024
As a dramatist, Baker wants the audience to become aware of its own habits of attention and inattention.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
Since then, however, North Korea has benefited from American neglect and inattention.
—Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2017
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“Inattention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inattention. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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inattention
noun
in·at·ten·tion
ˌin-ə-ˈten-chən 
: failure to pay attention
inattentively
adverb
inattentiveness
noun
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