inattentiveness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inattentiveness	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inattentiveness n a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) Synonym(s): inattentiveness, heedlessness Antonym(s): attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others Antonym(s): attentiveness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inattentive \In`atten"tive\, a. [Cf. F. inattentif.] Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit. --I. Watts. Syn: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent; remiss; inadvertent. -- {In`atten"tively}, adv. -- {In`atten"tive*ness}, n.