What's the difference between careless and inattentive?

Careless


Definition:

  • (a.) Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.
  • (a.) Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.
  • (a.) Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.
  • (a.) Not receiving care; uncared for.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Careless Herbicidal aerial spray of a field for weed control and defoliation of cotton before machine picking, resulted in the contamination of an adjoining reservoir, killing large volume of fish.
  • (2) Failure to check, lack of vigilance and inattention or carelessness were the most frequently associated factors with the rest of the reports.
  • (3) If at times Van Gaal’s players let themselves down with careless concessions of possession, Carver knew his side had been reprieved when, back to goal, Wayne Rooney controlled the ball on his chest, swivelled and dinked a shot wide.
  • (4) "In this era where we see growing open-mindedness, his actions are muddle-headed and careless," said the letter, which was briefly posted to the internet before it was taken down by censors .
  • (5) Vardy has plenty of other qualities, however, and he played a key role in Leicester’s equaliser early in the second half, racing clear on the right after Wanyama’s careless header and crossing for Musa, who forced the ball past Hugo Lloris at the far post.
  • (6) His carelessness had returned the ball to City's opponents inside his own half twice in the opening quarter of an hour.
  • (7) Concerning the 16 year-old girl the authors think that medical malpractice and carelessness of the parents were involved.
  • (8) By random assignment, the nurses read one of four versions of the rape which varied in terms of whether or not the victim locked her car door (carelessness manipulation) and time of attack (5:00 p.m. or midnight).
  • (9) Like many public figures on the left, he has been far too careless with his favours.
  • (10) He claims the network’s carelessness and conduct with its Cairo-based staff resulted in harassment of al-Jazeera staff, raids on the office and eventually the detention and imprisonment of several staffers.
  • (11) As it is, the team were careless with a comfortable lead in Jamaica (but got away with it ), formidable in their movement against an outclassed Panama , and struggled to get going in the heat and altitude of their game against Honduras .
  • (12) People usually don't make silly, careless mistakes when they're motivated and working in a positive environment.
  • (13) Seventy seven percent of the exposures were seen during routine care, 28.5% were perceived as due to personal carelessness, 19.9% due to patient agitation, 33.5% as inherent to the procedure and 8.9% to abandonment of material.
  • (14) Most burns occurred in teenage boys (6) and all but 1 were the result of carelessness on the part of the burn victim.
  • (15) Blatant carelessness, misuse or improper maintenance of equipment, and intoxication are analyzed as contributory factors.
  • (16) What has happened, of course, is something entirely different – and the callously careless attitude of western governments to this has given the impression of western complicity to many (who are already steeped in a culture of conspiracy theories) in Iraq and the Middle East.
  • (17) As a German European, I am disappointed by the mixture of incapability and carelessness back home.
  • (18) The government’s response has been shamefully poor, marked by carelessness for the lives of ordinary people, and only really concerned with damage control and trying to ensure this does not affect the flow of investment,” said Edgardo Buscaglia, a leading expert in international organised crime and political corruption around the world.
  • (19) Wenger talked about his side committing "easy mistakes" and he might easily have been referring to Özil's carelessness before the goal that made it 3-1, playing a senseless pass to Mathieu Flamini, then watching Fernandinho steal in to bend a wonderful shot beyond Wojciech Szczesny.
  • (20) "From being driven, careless, impulsive, the new breed of shopper is a very careful spender.

Inattentive


Definition:

  • (a.) Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Response to a single, 5-mg dose of methylphenidate was compared in aggressive and nonaggressive attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children using objective measures of inattention, impulsivity, and activity level.
  • (2) ADHD refers to a combination of symptoms in the general areas of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity.
  • (3) Simple screening tests for visual and tactile inattention were used to investigate the influence of perceptual deficits on predictions for the outcome of acute stroke.
  • (4) Failure to check, lack of vigilance and inattention or carelessness were the most frequently associated factors with the rest of the reports.
  • (5) One hundred children referred for evaluation of attention and learning problems were administered a battery of tests including two vigilance tasks, other laboratory measures of inattention and impulsivity, and parent and teacher ratings.
  • (6) to extend a preliminary study of the internal structure of six measures comprising the 'conventional' subtests of the Behavioural Inattention Test (BIT) in order to develop a short screening test for visual neglect.
  • (7) Epileptic boys were significantly more inattentive and overactive than nonepileptic boys according to their teachers and parents, and they performed significantly less well on tests of sustained attention and perceptual accuracy.
  • (8) Children and adolescents who present with inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity constitute a large portion of the behavior problems seen in pediatric patients.
  • (9) These data must be considered preliminary because teacher ratings were the only source of diagnosis and a single measure of inattention was used.
  • (10) The authors present a case of transient left hemispatial inattention following traumatic brain injury in a three-year-old child.
  • (11) Significant right lateralized inattention was present on the spatial stimuli.
  • (12) Inattention to pricing policies can lead to increased total costs, windfall profits for some providers, and the loss of comprehensive coverage for high-risk individuals.
  • (13) Methylphenidate significantly reduced teachers' and parents' ratings of hyperactivity, inattention, and oppositionality.
  • (14) ADHD is a behavioral disorder of unknown etiology characterized by inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity.
  • (15) The four-year prognosis of patients with visuospatial inattention in a stroke register (altogether 255 patients) was studied.
  • (16) Work in the geographic and environmental traditions, in contrast, samples a broader range of map forms and functions, but it suffers from inattention to procedural details that makes the conclusions less compelling than they might otherwise be.
  • (17) Patients were assigned to the neglect group (N+) or the non-neglect group (N-) on the basis of their aggregate scores on the recently standardised Behavioural Inattention Test (BIT).
  • (18) The results indicate that inattention and somnolence negatively influence memory performance and should be taken into account when evaluating the Amytal memory test results.
  • (19) On a standard questionnaire derived from DSM-III criteria for attention deficit disorder, the math group showed higher scores for inattention, but not for hyperactivity, impulsivity, or poor peer relations.
  • (20) Attention deficit disorder is a common neurobehavioral problem in children that manifests as hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention.