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
Humans are not just inattentive; they are irrational in a profoundly emotional sense.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
The filing also says the Dali was manned by "an incompetent crew that was inattentive to its duties" and "lacked proper training".
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024
Toward the end of freshman year, we all started hanging out at the house of a friend who had a big basement and inattentive parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
The defendants were inattentive observers of the voir dire pro-ceedings.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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