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[syn: inattentive, neglectful]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inattentive
adj 1: showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive
students"; "an inattentive babysitter" [ant: attentive]
2: not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students";
"an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents" [syn:
inattentive, neglectful]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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