Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an inattentive manner; without attention; carelessly; heedlessly.
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- adverb In an
inattentive manner.
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- adverb in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The taxiing aircraft smashed into some brickwork after lurching to avoid Dad as he inattentively wheeled a bicycle across the airfield.
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The kitchen, inattentively watched over by chef Robert Gadsby, wholly disrespects oysters.
Mussel Bar: Wiedmaier's latest is a letdown, bar none Tom Sietsema 2010
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So how, precisely, do I find myself the father of a teenage owner of one five-year-old, skewbald, equine quadruped, about 13 hands tall, who answers, rather inattentively, to the name Buttons?
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So how, precisely, do I find myself the father of a teenage owner of one 5-year-old, skewbald, equine quadruped, about 13 hands tall, who answers, rather inattentively, to the name Buttons?
Finding the Next Winner Lucy Pawle 2010
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Consequently, the homelands and histories of people who lived beyond the narrow corridor of the "Swahili Coast" have been inattentively referred to and historically glossed as the hinterland.
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On a recent Monday night here, the crowd at Rockwood Music Hall, still enjoying a few drinks and conversation after work, buzzed inattentively as
Meet Iceland's Other Songstress Margaret Lough 2010
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Although I smiled and chatted whenever I went in I was treated rudely and inattentively.
Green Villains 2008
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Adam Davidson, a correspondent for public radio's "Marketplace" program, said that he recently caught the security guards at the house he shares with other journalists lounging around inattentively.
Shark Attacks 2007
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The lawyer proudly raised his head and looked at the strange lady; then, as he took his seat at his ease near Madame de Vaudremont, he listened to her so inattentively that he did not catch these words spoken behind her fan:
Domestic Peace 2007
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The lawyer proudly raised his head and looked at the strange lady; then, as he took his seat at his ease near Madame de Vaudremont, he listened to her so inattentively that he did not catch these words spoken behind her fan:
Domestic Peace 2007
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