inattention
/ɪnəˈtɛnʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1Lack of attention; distraction: a moment of inattention which could have cost lives...
- And many catastrophes follow from a moment of inattention.
- At work I've been making a few errors due to inattention.
- The most common fault, after inattention, is for drivers to follow too closely.
Synonyms
lack of concentration, distraction, inattentiveness, preoccupation, absent-mindedness, daydreaming, dreaminess, reverie, wool-gathering, abstraction, staring into space, obliviousness;
brown study
informal brain fart
negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, disregard, slackness, remissness, laxness;
forgetfulness, carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness;
indifference, unconcern, inconsideration
rare oscitation
1.1Failure to attend to one’s responsibilities; negligence: his inattention to duty...
- The executive areas of the brain, which are responsible for your, oftentimes, inattention to detail.
- Your suggestion to come upstairs saved me from having to bark at the lad for his inattention.
- He ran swiftly about from object to object, rapidly lecturing their inattention.