About The Word Inattention
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Inattention
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What's The Definition Of Inattention?
[n] lack of attention
Synonyms | Synonyms for Inattention: Related Terms | Find terms related to Inattention: accidia | acedia | apathy | ataraxia | ataraxy | callowness | carelessness | casualness | childishness | culpa | culpable negligence | default | delinquency | dereliction | detachment | disconformity | disinterest | dispassion | disregard | disregardfulness | distractedness | distraction | diversion | divided attention | easygoingness | failure | heedlessness | immaturity | imprudence | inadvertence | inadvertency | inadvisability | inconsideration | incuriosity | indiscreetness | indiscretion | indiscrimination | inexcitability | inexpedience | injudiciousness | inobservance | insouciance | irrationality | laches | lack of affect | lackadaisicalness | laissez-faire | lapse | laxity | laxness | listlessness | looseness | mindlessness | neglect | neglectfulness | negligence | nonadherence | nonchalance | noncompliance | nonconformance | nonconformity | nonfeasance | nonfulfillment | noninterference | nonobservance | nonperformance | nonrestriction | omission | overlooking | oversight | permissiveness | pococurantism | pompousness | poor stewardship | procrastination | puerility | reasonlessness | recklessness | regardlessness | remissness | senselessness | slackness | slight | sloth | stuffiness | thoughtlessness | unanxiousness | unconcern | unintelligence | unmindfulness | unobservance | unreason | unreasonableness | unrigorousness | unsensibleness | unsolicitousness | unsoundness | unthoughtfulness | unwisdom | unwiseness | withdrawal of attention | witlessness See Also | basic cognitive process | disregard | distraction | heedlessness | inattentiveness | neglect Inattention In Webster's Dictionary \In`at*ten"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not + attention: cf.
F. inattention.]
Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard;
heedlessness; neglect.
Novel lays attract our ravished ears; But old, the mind
inattention hears. --Pope.
Syn: Inadvertence; heedlessness; negligence; carelessness;
disregard; remissness; thoughtlessness; neglect.
Usage: {Inattention}, {Inadvertence}. We miss seeing a thing
through inadvertence when do not happen to look at it;
through inattention when we give no heed to it, though
directly before us. The latter is therefore the worse.
Inadvertence may be an involuntary accident;
inattention is culpable neglect. A versatile mind is
often inadvertent; a careless or stupid one is
inattentive.
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