The driver was inattentive and could not stop in time.
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Inattentive
//ˌɪn.əˈtɛn.tɪv//
Synonyms for "inattentive" (121 found)
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Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
33 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سَاهٍ adj (not paying attention)
Armenian
1 entries- ցրված adj (not paying attention)
Belarusian
2 entries- няўва́жлівы adj (not paying attention)
- няўва́жны adj (not paying attention)
Bulgarian
1 entries- невнима́телен adj (not paying attention)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 分心 adj (not paying attention)
- 失神 adj (not paying attention)
- 心不在焉 adj (not paying attention)
- 心神恍惚 adj (not paying attention)
Czech
1 entries- nepozorný adj (not paying attention)
Esperanto
1 entries- senatenta adj (not paying attention)
Finnish
1 entries- tarkkaamaton adj (not paying attention)
French
1 entries- inattentif adj (not paying attention)
German
1 entries- unaufmerksam adj (not paying attention)
Ido
1 entries- neatencoza adj (not paying attention)
Irish
1 entries- anaireach adj (not paying attention)
Italian
1 entries- inattento adj (not paying attention)
Kazakh
1 entries- алаңғасар adj (not paying attention)
Manx
2 entries- antortagh adj (not paying attention)
- neuarreydagh adj (not paying attention)
Māori
4 entries- muhukai adj (not paying attention)
- pihoi adj (not paying attention)
- taringa kōroiroi adj (not paying attention)
- taringa morimori adj (not paying attention)
Polish
1 entries- nieuważny adj (not paying attention)
Romanian
1 entries- neatent adj (not paying attention)
Russian
1 entries- невнима́тельный adj (not paying attention)
Slovak
1 entries- nepozorný adj (not paying attention)
Spanish
1 entries- desatento adj (not paying attention)
Ukrainian
2 entries- неува́жливий adj (not paying attention)
- неува́жний adj (not paying attention)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lơ đãng adj (not paying attention)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
She accused him of being inattentive to her.
Source: tatoeba (316229)
I'm surprised how inattentive I can be.
Source: tatoeba (430086)
I once had a teacher who used to throw chalk at inattentive students and those very students then had to bring it back to him.
Source: tatoeba (1636465)
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