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[ in-uh-ten-shuhn ] / ˌɪn əˈtɛn ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR inattention ON THESAURUS.COM
nounlack of attention; negligence. an act of neglect. Origin of inattentionFirst recorded in 1700–10; in-3 + attention Words nearby inattentioninassimilable, in a state, in a stew, in a tight corner, in a tizzy, inattention, inattentive, in at the death, inaudible, inaugural, inaugurate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inattentionUnmarried women were put off by inattention to their issues, particularly in the debates, says Greenberg, and that hurt Obama. Obama’s Women Supporters and the ‘Marriage Gap’ Wild Card|Eleanor Clift|November 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST Numbers also help explain all that inattention on Tuesday night. Last Look at Munch’s ‘The Scream’ as Painting Is Auctioned for $119M|Blake Gopnik|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST They were accidental owners who turned their inattention into a virtue. How Old Money Beat Murdoch|Sarah Ellison|May 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST The trouble is that an inattention to the details of money is not exactly what we want in a Treasury secretary at the moment. Obama's Strange Obsession|Tina Brown|February 9, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Still, as the inflation of the claims has been urged as an excuse for inattention to them, a word upon that point is desirable. The War With Mexico, Volume I (of 2)|Justin H. Smith But at this moment she perceived that Gervais, profiting by her inattention, was busy seeking his "paradise lost." I fell into an inattention to religion, or an indifference about it, in my ninth year. Life of Johnson|James Boswell First of all, either from inattention, or from want of comprehension, these denunciations made but a faint impression upon me. Rattlin the Reefer|Edward Howard I am perhaps too sensitive to any kind of inattention; but it's not wholly unnatural in my position, Hector. Beaumaroy Home from the Wars|Anthony Hope
Words related to inattentioncarelessness, negligence, inadvertence, abstraction, remissness, disregard, neglect, dreaminess |