inattentive

Example Sentences

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Inattentive ball security has caused the Midshipmen’s rushing attack to suffer mightily as well.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2012

Inattentive readers of movie timetables who are looking for Jim Mickle’s “Stake Land,” a recently released zombie film, but accidentally wander into “SKATELAND” are going to be perplexed.

From New York Times • May 6, 2011

Being Inattentive As any seasoned bowhunter knows, a shot at a quality animal is a precious commodity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inattentive, or rather averse, to the welfare of his people, he found himself under the necessity of gratifying the insatiate avarice which he had excited in the army.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart

Inattentive to these evidences of desertion, he turned in at the gate and rode along a weedy and neglected drive.

From The Four Feathers by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)