单词 | inattention |
释义 | inattention (once / 5080 pages) n When you don't pay full attention to something or someone, that's inattention. Your inattention while you're driving can lead to mistakes like running a red light or bumping into the car in front of you. If you're not focusing on something enough, you're guilty of inattention. Inattention can be dangerous when you're flying a plane, taking a math test, or babysitting an active toddler. When you add the "not" prefix in- to attention (which comes from the Latin attendere, "give heed to," or literally "stretch toward"), you get inattention. WORD FAMILYinattention: inattentions+/attend: attendance, attendant, attended, attender, attending, attends, attention, attentive/attendance: attendances, nonattendance/attendant: attendants/attended: unattended/attender: attenders, nonattender/attention: attentional, attentions, inattention/attentive: attentively, attentiveness, inattentive/inattentive: inattentively, inattentiveness USAGE EXAMPLESSiegel’s claim reveals not only flawed logic, but also a basic inattention to facts. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) A medical examiner determined the baby died of “inattention,” Curran said. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) State troopers are investigating inattention by both parties involved as contributing factors in the man’s death. Washington Times(Dec 07, 2016) n lack of attention Ant|Hypo|Hyper attending, attention the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others heedlessness, inattentiveness a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) distractionan obstacle to attention disregard, neglectlack of attention and due care omissionneglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something basic cognitive process cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge |
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