01 n. Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
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Lack 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.