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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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