INATTENTIONS

Noun

inattentions

plural of inattention

Source: Wiktionary


INATTENTION

In`at*ten"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + attention: cf. F. inattention.]

Definition: Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect. Novel lays attract our ravished ears; But old, the mind inattention hears. Pope.

Syn.

– Inadvertence; heedlessness; negligence; carelessness; disregard; remissness; thoughtlessness; neglect.

– 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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