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View usage for: (ɪnətenʃən) uncountable nounA person's inattention is their lack of attention. Vital evidence had been lost through a moment's inattention. Synonyms: neglect, disregard, carelessness, indifference More Synonyms of inattention inattention in American English (ˌɪnəˈtɛnʃən) noun failure to pay attention; heedlessness; negligence Examples of 'inattention' in a sentenceinattention Claire switched off, depending on intermittent nods of agreement to disguise her inattention.But she was speaking again and they dared not risk any inattention.He had known too many occasions when vital evidence had been destroyed as a result of a moment's negligence or inattention.`I have no excuse... none that will suffice for my inattention. Evidence had been destroyed as a result of a moment's inattention. Synonyms daydreaming thoughtlessness inadvertence inattentiveness heedlessness woolgathering Additional synonymsYou will have to put up with my occasional absent-mindedness. Synonyms forgetfulness, musing, preoccupation, abstraction, daydreaming, carelessness, vagueness, inattention, dreaminess, obliviousness, lapse of memory, absence of mind, woolgathering, heedlessness, distractedness The accident was caused by sheer carelessness. Synonyms negligence, neglect, omission, indiscretion, inaccuracy, irresponsibility, slackness, inattention, sloppiness (informal), laxity, thoughtlessness, laxness, inconsiderateness, remissness Definition lack of attention or respect a callous disregard for human life Synonyms ignoring, neglect, contempt, indifference, negligence, disdain, disrespect, heedlessness Nearby words ofinattention - inapt
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