inattention
[in-uh-ten-shuh n]
- lack of attention; negligence.
- an act of neglect.
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Origin of inattention
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for inattention
Contemporary Examples
Unmarried women were put off by inattention to their issues, particularly in the debates, says Greenberg, and that hurt Obama.
Numbers also help explain all that inattention on Tuesday night.
They were accidental owners who turned their inattention into a virtue.
The trouble is that an inattention to the details of money is not exactly what we want in a Treasury secretary at the moment.
Historical Examples
Our pleasures are but the stolen moments we can snatch from its inattention.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
At first she was tempted to turn away her eye with carelessness and inattention.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
Artois felt suddenly that Gaspare had some perfect excuse for his inattention.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens
Consciousness is opposed to habit, inattention, sleep, death.
TheaetetusPlato
He asked her pardon for his inattention; he had been dreaming of a possible happiness!
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
Word Origin and History for inattention
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper