inattention

Noun

Meaning

Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

neglect negligence disregard carelessness inadvertence remissness heedlessness thoughtlessness lethe laxness failure slight abstraction oversight detachment
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Antonyms

attention rede marigold calendula information treatment
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Hypernyms

basic cognitive process

Hyponyms

neglect disregard distraction heedlessness inattentiveness

Phrases with the word

disorder characterized by inattention adhd with hyperactivity and inattention adhd with inattention and hyperactivity hemi-inattention somatospatial inattention moment of inattention

Anagrams

intentation

Examples

When a girl marries she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one. Helen Rowland

Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. Amy Tan

The sane understand that human beings are incapable of sustaining conspiracies on a grand scale, because some of our most defining qualities as a species are inattention to detail, a tendency to panic, and an inability to keep our mouths shut. Dean Koontz

And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over. -Rose. Amy Tan

With patient inattention hear him prate. George Meredith

I think now that fate is half shaped by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over. You have to pay attention to what you lost. You have to undo the expectation. Amy Tan

Close letter words and terms

inassimilable inattend inattendance inattentional inattentional blindness inattentional deafness