as in negligence
failure to carefully think about, listen to, or watch someone or something
Many traffic accidents are the result of driver inattention. They lost several potential clients through their inattention to detail.
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Recent Examples of inattention
Attention Binaural beats may help improve attention and be particularly useful for young people who experience inattention.
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Brittany Dube, Health, 13 Aug. 2024
One moment of inattention can lead to major security breaches.
—Maxwell Alles, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Standard on all Defender models is forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, lane-keeping assist, blind-spot warning and a driver inattention warning system.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
The surveys also tested the participants’ psychopathologies, including their risk of common mental health conditions and of specific symptoms, like fear, fatigue, sleeplessness, and inattention.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
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Brittany Dube, Health, 13 Aug. 2024
One moment of inattention can lead to major security breaches.
—Maxwell Alles, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Standard on all Defender models is forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, lane-keeping assist, blind-spot warning and a driver inattention warning system.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
The surveys also tested the participants’ psychopathologies, including their risk of common mental health conditions and of specific symptoms, like fear, fatigue, sleeplessness, and inattention.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inattention
negligence
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There had to be some human hand at work engineering this great misfortune — even if only through negligence.—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 July 2025
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The lawsuit alleges negligent infliction of emotional distress and negligence, according to the Connecticut Mirror. Anthony Spinella, her attorney, told the Connecticut Mirror that Ortiz was seeking $3 million in damages.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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“Inattention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inattention. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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