'Inattention' definitions:
Definition of 'Inattention'
From: GCIDE
- Inattention \In`at*ten"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not + attention: cf. F. inattention.] Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inattention'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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