adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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inattentive students
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In spite of the inattentive servers and the bad decor, it's worth eating at Leon's for the great cheap food.
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Roger was hyperactive and inattentive as a child.
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The government is still being accused of being inattentive to the plight of the Health Service.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another hazard in dealing with inattentive children is treating them in a mechanical and inflexible manner.
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It is understandable: the child considers himself safe in the residential street and is inattentive on the way to school.
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Like Bush, Reagan was inattentive , unlearned and apparently simplistic.
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Our seemingly more inattentive child may get turned on by something other than conversations with her parents.
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That is how inattentive children feel.
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The sometimes inattentive audience only betrayed the fact that they were as much participants in the total popular-cultural spectacle as the performers.
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The storyline has twists and turns to challenge the inattentive .