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.

Recent Examples on the Web Many of us will continue to struggle with inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity while navigating this painfully distracting and traumatising world. — Dr Sanah Ahsan, refinery29.com, 6 June 2022 Folk etymology holds that these two idioms, which in different ways imply inattention to more important tasks, arose from the same situation – someone assigning busywork to others, to prevent them from being idle. — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2022 Usually, doctors are trained to attribute rambunctiousness and inattention to ADHD, but it’s been found that Black girls are usually cast off as just being defiant and lazy. — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 5 July 2022 Items that get posted on the Internet can potentially rear their ugly heads repeatedly, time not being a barrier and nor inattention. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 Proper parenting would result in a well-mannered adult Tamagotchi, while inattention would result in a delinquent. — Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2021 While Sandberg bolstered her progressive bonafides with Lean In, her tome has since lost some luster, weathered by its inattention to structural inequality. — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 2 June 2022 Clive has zero patience for restlessness and inattention during his marathon presentations. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Apr. 2022 Prosecutors said his parents’ inattention to the boy’s medical needs over the years after the transplant caused his death. — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2022 See More

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