The phrase "through inattention" is correct and can be used in written English.
Example: The accident occurred through inattention.
"I learn by accident, through inattention," he says.
Instead, their appeals for asylum were denied in most cases, some through inattention by inept or overburdened lawyers.
But if, as is much more probable, I've committed an offence through inattention, forgetfulness or poor eyesight, then 75 will be too young for my judge.
Save for a few snide interstitial remarks — "Hello, Coachella"; "Is everyone networking successfully?" — Tillman gamely played his best-known songs, but at a slightly slower tempo, as though testing his ability to play through inattention.
Variation can occur in several ways: through mechanical damage or accidental omission; through misunderstanding due to changes in fashions of writing; through ignorance of language or subject matter; through inattention or stupidity; and through deliberate efforts at correction.
All these passages suggest a writer who, whether through inattention or inability, hasn't engaged effectively with his characters or his language, who won't or can't take the work of fiction seriously.
The Arabian Street Artists, for instance, is not directly associated with an organization or particular social movement, but rather came into existence in an incidental and spontaneous way--through the inattention and ignorance of TV producers.
He also suggests that there might be something in-between the two, something he calls "incompetence through conscious inattention".
"This was a happy, vibrant family," Judge Young wrote, and it is nearly inconceivable "that our government, through negligence, inattention, self-interested hubris and outright corruption" could cause these two horrific murders.
Once clear, however, the son of Montjeu began to hang into the rail, tilting his head either through resentment or inattention.
Our Cochrane review of homeopathy for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ 1] found two trials which measured the specific domain of inattention through child completed tasks [ 4, 5].
