as in inattentive
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Adjective
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For example, if an officer sees someone swerving, fumbling with items, or clearly not paying attention to the road, the interior light might factor into a citation for reckless or inattentive driving.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2025 -
Ball is too inattentive on that end despite his impressive offensive skill set, and Miller is quite skinny and struggles to wall up on opposing guards and wings through his core.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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But the county has had to scale back its services and improvements to basic, critical infrastructure because of the unfocused overspending in the last several years.—
Jim Desmond,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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And workers can seem unfocused or confused, unsure of where to find answers (and what merits a leadership conversation).—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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The invaluable bond between artist and muse is exemplified by their abstracted slumbering embrace, her nude form dominating our gaze as her rosy flesh juxtaposes with the jade-sage background.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Its abstracted scenario is a kind of back to the basics, expressing the sanctity of home, devotion and nature.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Presence Sometimes what’s absent from a film defines it as much as what’s present.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 June 2025
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China's defense minister was absent from this year's event and sent a lower-level delegation instead.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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The law, which Governor Josh Shapiro signed last year, aims to reduce distracted driving incidents throughout the state.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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After Klinghoffer entered his plea, a prosecutor read a statement that warned against distracted driving.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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What’s a bit lost is the communal audience experience.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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At other times throughout the game, almost always after a lost rebound or a turnover, Carlisle would put both of his hands in front of his body and make a circle shape with his hands.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Photograph by Bettmann / Getty Paul Mantz, who’d remained Earhart’s technical adviser, was at an aviation competition in St. Louis, oblivious to her latest plans.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Save for one completely unconvincing arc in Episode 5, Anton isn’t as oblivious as the rest of his friends.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The United States had withdrawn from the World Health Organization and the U.N. Human Rights Council; the State Department seemed more preoccupied with deportations than with diplomacy.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2025
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Early in this episode, Dina mentions to a preoccupied Joel that one of the community’s underground pipes — connected to the outside — has been rendered useless by encroaching roots.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Inobservant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inobservant. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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