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inattentive

How many syllables in inattentive?

  4 syllables

Divide inattentive into syllables:   in-at-ten-tive
Primary syllable stress:   in-at-ten-tive
Secondary syllable stress:   in-at-ten-tive
How to pronounce inattentive:   in-uh-ten-tiv
How to say inattentive:

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    4 syllables
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