inattention

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=at=ten=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

inattention, 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."

Syn. -- Inadvertence; heedlessness; negligence; carelessness; disregard; remissness; thoughtlessness; neglect.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

inattention

Indifference

N indifference, neutrality, coldness, anaphrodisia, unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance, want of interest, want of earnestness, anorexy, anorexia, inappetency, apathy, supineness, disdain, recklessness, inattention, anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, lust-quencher, passion-queller, indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm, cool, cool as a cucumber, unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may- care, careless, listless, lackadaisical, half-hearted, unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted, aloof, unapproachable, remote, uncaring, unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to, insipid, vain, for aught one cares, Int, never mind, Who cares? whatever you like, whatever, I couldn't care less, I could care less, anything will do, es macht nichts.

Inattention

N inattention, inconsideration, inconsiderateness, oversight, inadvertence, inadvertency, nonobservance, disregard, supineness, etourderie, want of thought, heedlessness, insouciance, abstraction, absence of mind, absorption of mind, preoccupation, distraction, reverie, brown study, deep musing, fit of abstraction, inattentive, unobservant, unmindful, heedless, unthinking, unheeding, undiscerning, inadvertent, mindless, regardless, respectless, listless, blind, deaf, bird-witted, hand over head, cursory, percursory, giddy-brained, scatter-brained, hare-brained, unreflective, unreflecting, ecervele, offhand, dizzy, muzzy, brainsick, giddy, giddy as a goose, wild, harum-scarum, rantipole, highflying, heedless, careless, inconsiderate, thoughtless, absent, abstracted, distrait, absentminded, lost, lost in thought, wrapped in thought, rapt, in the clouds, bemused, dreaming on other things, musing on other things, preoccupied, engrossed, daydreaming, in a reverie, off one's guard, napping, dreamy, caught napping, disconcerted, distracted, put out, inattentively, inadvertently, absent-mindedly, per incuriam, sub silentio, Int, stand at ease, stand easy!, the attention wanders, one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's wits gone a bird's nesting, it never entered into one's head, the mind running on other things, one's thoughts being elsewhere, had it been a bear it would have bitten you.

Neglect

N neglect, carelessness, trifling, negligence, omission, oversight, laches, default, supineness, inattention, nonchalance, imprudence, recklessness, slovenliness improvidence, noncompletion, inexactness, paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric), trifler, waiter on Providence, Micawber, neglecting, unmindful, negligent, neglectful, heedless, careless, thoughtless, perfunctory, remiss, feebleness, inconsiderate, uncircumspect, incircumspect, off one's guard, unwary, unwatchful, unguarded, offhand, supine, inattentive, insouciant, imprudent, reckless, slovenly inexact, improvident, neglected, unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed, shunted, shelved, unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored, abandoned, buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel, negligently, hand over head, anyhow, in an unguarded moment, per incuriam, Int, never mind, no matter, let it pass, out of sight, out of mind.