How to Use inattention in a Sentence

inattention

noun

• Many traffic accidents are the result of driver inattention.
• They lost several potential clients through their inattention to detail.
• For much of her life, the young woman was known to have episodes of inattention.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
• The baby was full-term and died due to neglect and inattention.
  — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020
• Hark, by the author Sam Lipsyte, is a satire of a world plagued by inattention.
  — Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2020
• This was at once a consequence of public inattention and a cause of it.
  — Stacy Mitchell, The Atlantic, 20 June 2017
• But the mayor must also take a hand, so time and inattention took their toll; the summer of Floyd was the final straw.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 June 2021
• But the nation’s inattention to the home care sector means that the size and scope of the crisis is impossible to gauge.
  — Shefali Luthra, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2020
• What the modern Crockpot brought to the kitchen — or more accurately to the woman in the kitchen — was inattention.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 17 Nov. 2022
• The dogs' paws and underbellies picked up burrs along the way, but that's due to inattention by their owners.
  — Karen Martin, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2020
• Stretches of strong play are marred by long streaks of inattention and low energy, a death knell for such a young group.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 15 Jan. 2023
• The first and most important sign of overload is simply inattention to alerts.
  — Nitin Kumar, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• Darin died at the age of 37, though some of this seems to have been brought on by is inattention to his necessary medication regime.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2011
• Both reports bore down hard on the programs’ inattention to phonics.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022
• The lack of tangible progress for Alzheimer’s patients isn’t an issue of inattention.
  — Kevin Hrusovsky, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2019
• Lindor tried to take advantage of Lester’s inattention as well, but Ross was able to throw him out at second once again to end the inning.
  — Benjamin Hoffman and David Waldstein, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2016
• The floundering of both Muncie and Gary schools is directly due to voter inattention with their school boards.
  — Indystar, Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2018
• Ayaz isn’t the only researcher trying to crack the puzzle of student inattention.
  — Mary Mann, Slate Magazine, 11 May 2017
• A little inattention in quarter three can cancel out a stellar first half and dash hopes for the last quarter of glory.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2024
• This inattention shifted in the months before the October 1929 crash.
  — Robert J. Shiller, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2021
• All too often when speaking of Cronin the emphasis is on how his teams play defense; rarely is a word mentioned about the inattention paid to the offense.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Such judgments are the regrettable consequence of French’s inattention to the novel’s use of irony.
  — Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
• NASA was one of those things — like the ocean — that was just present, exerting its influences on me despite my childish inattention to it.
  — Jonathan H. Liu, WIRED, 17 May 2012
• This inattention shows that the anti-immigrant stance at large in this country is largely racist.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2019
• Paul seized a moment of inattention from the attacker to dial 911, police said.
  — Allie Raffa, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2022
• Bloomberg's campaign may see the relative inattention in Arizona so far as an opening for him.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, 25 Nov. 2019
• Britain’s inattention to Ireland predates Mr. Johnson, of course, and is not limited to him.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2019
• In 2021, four years after Haley left office, her state was forced to come to terms with the consequences of its inattention to maternal health.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• France’s inattention to these issues leaves local authorities with little motivation to reform.
  — Nathaniel K. Powell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2016
• Such instances reflect Beijing’s inattention and lack of understanding of local sentiments, and similar reactions seem likely elsewhere.
  — David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024