Definition of inattention
: failure to pay attention
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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 of inattention from the Web
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The complaints also allege neglect, which the department says can include a failure to provide goods and services because of carelessness or inattention.
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Thirteen of those incidents — ranging from falls from personal watercraft to fires to collisions or striking underwater objects — were blamed on operator inattention, no proper lookout, excessive speed and improper anchoring.
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Because these are the sorts of wines that paradoxically reward inattention.
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Energy Department reports blame an array of causes, including production pressures, incorrect work procedures, poor communication, inadequate training, insufficient supervision and inattention to risk.
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This was at once a consequence of public inattention and a cause of it.
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Other factors included operator inattention, operator inexperience, improper lookout, excessive speed and machinery failure.
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As Graham observes, inattention to embedded metadata in Microsoft Word and PDF documents and other material has caused dangerous and embarrassing exposures in the recent past.
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Mr. Heck said there was evidence that the inattention of human drivers was a factor in half of the approximately 40,000 traffic fatalities in the United States last year.
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First Known Use of inattention
circa 1670
INATTENTION Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of inattention for English Language Learners
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: failure to carefully think about, listen to, or watch someone or something : lack of attention
INATTENTION Defined for Kids
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: failure to pay attention The accident resulted from the driver's inattention.
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