The curve y=x^4-4x has derivatives y'=4x^3-4 and y''=12x^2\ge 0\ . Hence there is a possible inflection at x=0 but clearly it is not an inflection as y'' does not change sign across x=0 (since y''\ge 0 for all x).
See graph, you can see it flatten out around x=0 (thats where y''=0)
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