1. inattentive - Adjective
2. inattentive - Adjective Satellite
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger. Andrew Jackson
While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian. George Washington
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions. Thomas Jefferson
When I see that there have been 3.6 million examples of road rage in the last year, I say to myself that there must have been 3.6 million examples of bad, inattentive or selfish driving. Jeremy Clarkson
Am I going to have to use my ‘Mother of Five Voice' to be heard?" (to an inattentive audience while campaigning)-Quoted in the October 23, 2006 issue of Newsweek. Nancy Pelosi
Advertisements ordinarily work their wonders, to the extent that they work at all, on an inattentive public. Michael Schudson