Inattentive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inattentive \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.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inattentive
       adj 1: showing a lack of attention; "inattentive students" [ant: {attentive}]
       2: inattentive because of lack of interest
       3: not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students";
          "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents" [syn: {neglectful}]
       4: unwilling to hear [syn: {unheeding}, {unlistening(a)}, {deaf
          to(p)}]
       5: not paying attention [syn: {unobservant}, {unvigilant}, {unwatchful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "inattentive":
     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