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Inattention

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Lack of attention, notice, or regard.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

n. An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Want of attention; failure to fix the mind attentively on an object or a subject; heedlessness; negligence.

n. An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. lack of attention

Word Usage

"I've heard a lot the term inattention blindness used a lot - this is what happens, people have their eyes straight ahead, but they see nothing; they're minds are on the phone and their minds are elsewhere."

Antonym

attention

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

basic cognitive process

Hyponym

inattentiveness disregard neglect distraction heedlessness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

inadvertence disregard thoughtlessness neglect carelessness

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

abstention circumvention contravention intention intervention

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

carelessness apathy indolence thoughtlessness remissness