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
Voices Hiltzik: Trump and Vance are dead wrong — economists unanimously agree that U.S. tariffs are a tax on American consumers
Sept. 4, 2024
Trump’s tariff orders betray the same inattention to detail.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Attention Binaural beats may help improve attention and be particularly useful for young people who experience inattention.
—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
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Attention Binaural beats may help improve attention and be particularly useful for young people who experience inattention.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inattention
negligence
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The lawsuit seeks damages and brings claims of battery, negligence and false imprisonment.—
Nathan Pilling
July 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 July 2025
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Mitchell said that in civil cases where civil negligence is raised, a lawyer would have to show that someone's carelessness caused harm to another person, such as running a red light and hitting someone.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
18 July 2025
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“Inattention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inattention. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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