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Meanings of inattentive in English

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desatent

Showing a lack of attention or care.

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      Usage of inattentive in English
      1
      The boys had never been so unruly; the girls never so inattentive.
      Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
      2
      Neatness is indispensable; a slovenly and inattentive servant betrays a slovenly household.
      Manners and Social Usages
      3
      Sitting by the table, I noticed that he seemed sleepy and inattentive.
      An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)
      4
      But when prayer is inattentive the mind does not ascend towards God.
      On Prayer and The Contemplative Life
      5
      They also tend to be hyperactive, inattentive, physically unco-ordinated and socially isolated.
      The Irish Times
      6
      The lady said Miss Vezzis was a bad, dirty nurse and inattentive.
      Plain Tales from the Hills
      7
      Though inattentive to the school exercises, I had never been wholly idle.
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      8
      Medical assistance was called-Butthe mothers are very inattentive to their Young.
      George Washington: Farmer / Being an Account of His Home Life an...
      9
      His eyes, inattentive and half closed, looked down disdainfully on the crowd.
      Gambara
      10
      Afterward I might reproach myself for having been inattentive to his wishes.
      Molly Bawn
      11
      Anne was never inattentive though there were some who deemed her unresponsive.
      The Knave of Diamonds
      12
      The wonder is not that you are sluggish, reluctantly unselfish, inattentive, spasmodic.
      The Secret Places of the Heart
      13
      Coryndon's eyes were turned to the Pagoda, and he was evidently inattentive.
      The Pointing Man / A Burmese Mystery
      14
      She hated students to be inattentive to a student who was reading.
      Winter door
      15
      And today he was inattentive to doctrine developed through centuries of battlefield experience.
      Surrender to the will of the night
      16
      No effect was shown for inattentive or hyperactive-compulsive behaviours or on educational achievement.
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      desatent
      Inattentive through the time
      Inattentive across language varieties
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      United States of America
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