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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
inattentive
    adj 1: showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive
           students"; "an inattentive babysitter" [ant: attentive]
    2: not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students";
       "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents" [syn:
       inattentive, neglectful]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inattentive \In`at*ten"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`at*ten"tive*ly, adv. --
        In`at*ten"tive*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for inattentive:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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