Inattentiveness

2 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]:

  inattentiveness
       n 1: a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
            [syn: {heedlessness}] [ant: {attentiveness}]
       2: the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others
          [ant: {attentiveness}]