inattentive
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Call it the laziness tax: a quiet, regressive wealth transfer from inattentive consumers to the banking system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In Europe, for example, where Musk has said he hopes to win approval for FSD as soon as February, carmakers are mandated to have effective strategies to warn inattentive drivers.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
Humans are not just inattentive; they are irrational in a profoundly emotional sense.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
A new study calculates that exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas during childhood altered the balance of mental health in the U.S. population, making generations of Americans more depressed, anxious and inattentive or hyperactive.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
His inattentive students, longing for the end of the day, took little notice, I suspect, of the historic moment.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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