Definition of inattentive Inattentive
/ɪˌnʌtɛˈntɪv/ - [inutentiv] - in•at•ten•tive
We found 6 definitions of inattentive from 5 different sources.
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| inattentive - showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter" | ||
| attentive (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor" | ||
| careless effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace" | ||
| oblivious, forgetful (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of; "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility" | ||
| negligent characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence" | ||
| attention a courteous act indicating affection; "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions" | ||
| absentminded, abstracted, scatty, absent lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" | ||
| distracted, distrait having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety | ||
| woolgathering, dreamy, moony dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment" | ||
| oscitant, drowsy, yawning showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation" | ||
| inattentive - not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents" | ||
| neglectful | ||
| negligent characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- inattentive (a.)
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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inattentive
Showing a lack of attention or care.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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inattentive
in-at-tent′iv, adj. careless, not fixing the mind to attention.—ns. Inatten′tion, Inattent′iveness.—adv. Inattent′ively
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