inattentive

Modifies a noun

• driver: An inattentive driver can do serious damage at very slow speeds.
• child: Donât expect too much of an inattentive child, but work to increase the length of time he or she can concentrate.
• reader: It was not the sickly, sterile thing that the inattentive reader of Gibbon may be inclined to think it.
• driving: All nonsense of course as inattentive driving at 5mph can and does kill people.
• viewer: It has always been my intention to slow down the impatient and inattentive viewer.

Modifying Another Word

• often: He does not like learning spelling and is often inattentive if it is specifically taught.
• not: Mrs. Allen was not inattentive to it: " Well, my dear, " said she, " suppose you go.
• totally: He will be a completely gross, vulgar farmer, totally inattentive to appearances, and thinking of nothing but profit and loss.

Used with adjective complement

• appear: Hearing problems such as deafness or glue ear can make it hard for a child to follow instructions and make them appear inattentive.
• become: Because corporate law generally regulates corporations but not executives, it leads executives to become inattentive to justice.