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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
inattention
    n 1: lack of attention [ant: attending, attention]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inattention \In`at*ten"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not + attention: cf.
   F. inattention.]
   Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard;
   heedlessness; neglect.
   [1913 Webster]

         Novel lays attract our ravished ears;
         But old, the mind inattention hears.     --Pope.

   Syn: Inadvertence; heedlessness; negligence; carelessness;
        disregard; remissness; thoughtlessness; neglect.

   Usage: Inattention, Inadvertence. We miss seeing a thing
          through inadvertence when do not happen to look at it;
          through inattention when we give no heed to it, though
          directly before us. The latter is therefore the worse.
          Inadvertence may be an involuntary accident;
          inattention is culpable neglect. A versatile mind is
          often inadvertent; a careless or stupid one is
          inattentive.
          [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Inattention:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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