Meaning of INATTENTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | `inu'tentiv
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- [adj] not paying attention
- [adj] showing a lack of attention; "inattentive students"
- [adj] unwilling to hear
- [adj] not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents"
- [adj] inattentive because of lack of interest
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| | Synonyms: | | absent, absentminded, abstracted, deaf, deaf to(p), distracted, distrait, dreamy, drowsy, moony, neglectful, oscitant, scatty, unalert, unheeding, uninterested, unlistening(a), unobservant, unvigilant, unwatchful, woolgathering, yawning(a) |
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| | Antonyms: | | attentive | | |
| | See Also: | | careless, forgetful, negligent, oblivious | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`at*ten"tive\, a. [Cf. F. inattentif.]
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless;
careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator
or hearer; an inattentive habit. --I. Watts.
Syn: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent;
remiss; inadvertent. -- {In`at*ten"tive*ly}, adv. --
{In`at*ten"tive*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | apathetic, artless, ataractic, blase, careless, casual, culpably negligent, derelict, devil-may-care, disinterested, dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, distracted, distrait, distraught, easygoing, half-assed, heedless, inadept, inadvertent, inapt, inconstant, incurious, indifferent, inefficient, inept, inexcitable, inexpert, inobservant, insouciant, lackadaisical, laissez-faire, lax, listless, loose, mediocre, mindless, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, nonadherent, nonchalant, noncompliant, nonconforming, noninterfering, nonobservant, nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, pedestrian, perfunctory, permissive, pococurante, poor, procrastinating, reckless, regardless, relaxed, remiss, scamping, skill-less, skimping, slack, slighting, slurring, thoughtless, turned-off, unanxious, unapt, uncircumspect, uncompliant, unconcerned, unconforming, undeft, undexterous, undextrous, undiscriminating, unfacile, unfaithful, unguarded, unheedful, unheeding, unintelligent, uninterested, unloyal, unmarking, unmindful, unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant, unobserving, unperceiving, unproficient, unremarking, unrigorous, unskillful, unsolicitous, untrue, unwary, unwatchful |
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