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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inattention  \In`at*ten"tion\,  n.  [Pref.  in-  not  +  attention:  cf 
  F.  inattention.] 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  inattention 
  n  :  lack  of  attention  [ant:  {attention}] 




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