Definition for Inattention:

• Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

Synonyms for Inattention:

• n.

  •
  • inattentive,
  • neglectful,
  • preoccupied,
  • in a dream,
  • vacantly,
  • abstracted,
  • absent,
  • spaced-out,
  • in a world of your own,
  • distant.
  •carelessness (noun)
  • haphazardnesses.
  •cognition (noun)
  • inattention.
  •daydream (noun)
  • daydream.
  •disinterest (noun)
  • in curiosity,
  • in-curiousness,
  • dis interests,
  • in-curiosities,
  • un responsivenesses,
  • dis-interest,
  • in curiousness,
  • un-responsiveness,
  • un-interests,
  • dis interest,
  • un-interest,
  • un interest,
  • impassibilities,
  • dis-interests,
  • in curiosities,
  • un interests,
  • in-curiosity,
  • emotionlessnesses,
  • un-responsivenesses,
  • un responsiveness,
  • in-curiousnesses,
  • in curiousnesses.
  •disregard (noun)
  • dis respect,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-regard,
  • in-advertences,
  • dis favors,
  • dis respects,
  • dis-esteem,
  • brushoffs,
  • un concern,
  • un mindfulness,
  • in advertence,
  • dis-favors,
  • forgettings,
  • un-concerns,
  • dis-respects,
  • over looking,
  • dis-esteems,
  • dis regard,
  • over-looking,
  • dis esteem,
  • un mindfulnesses,
  • insouciances,
  • un concerns,
  • dis-favor,
  • brush-offs,
  • the cold shoulders,
  • dis favor,
  • unmindfulnesses,
  • un-mindfulnesses,
  • neglectings,
  • brush offs,
  • dis-respect,
  • slightings,
  • dis-regards,
  • in advertences,
  • overlookings,
  • un-concern,
  • un-mindfulness,
  • dis esteems,
  • in-advertence.
  •forgetfulness (noun)
  • fugues,
  • loss of memory,
  • lapse of memory,
  • paramnesia,
  • hypomnesia,
  • fugue,
  • blockout,
  • short memory.
  •heedlessness (noun)
  • disregard,
  • abstraction,
  • neglect,
  • inadvertence.
  •oversight (noun)
  • mis cue,
  • mis-cues,
  • de fault,
  • mis takes,
  • over sight,
  • de faults,
  • mis cues,
  • over-looks,
  • over-look,
  • pretermissions,
  • over sights,
  • mis-takes,
  • over-sights,
  • de-fault,
  • preteritions,
  • over look,
  • mis-cue,
  • de-faults,
  • over-sight,
  • over looks,
  • mis-take,
  • mis take.
  •recklessness (noun)
  • imprudence,
  • brashness,
  • foolhardiness,
  • recklessness,
  • rashness,
  • nonchalance.
  •reverie (noun)
  • phantasy,
  • woolgathering,
  • castles in air,
  • castle-building,
  • phantasies,
  • pensiveness,
  • mind trip,
  • castles in the air,
  • dreamings.
  •slight (noun)
  • calldowns,
  • re-buffs,
  • calldown,
  • re buffs,
  • re buff,
  • dis-courtesies,
  • dis courtesy,
  • call downs,
  • call-downs,
  • slap face,
  • dis courtesies,
  • dis-courtesy.
  •thoughtlessness (noun)
  • inconsiderateness,
  • inconsideration.
  •unthoughtfulness (noun)
  • unthoughtfulness.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • absentmindedness,
  • call down,
  • carelessness,
  • disinterest,
  • dreaminess,
  • emotionlessness,
  • forgetfulness,
  • haphazardness,
  • inattentiveness,
  • indifference,
  • insouciance,
  • laxness,
  • neglectfulness,
  • negligence,
  • oversight,
  • preterition,
  • pretermission,
  • remissness,
  • reverie,
  • slackness,
  • slight,
  • unmindfulness,
  • Impassibility,
  • unpreparedness,
  • putdown,
  • slap in the face,
  • brushoff,
  • in consequence,
  • brush-off,
  • call-down,
  • slap in face,
  • slap the face,
  • the cold shoulder.

Paraphrases for Inattention:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disregard.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    neglect.

Antonyms for Inattention:

• n.

  • cognition
    attention.
  • heedlessness
    regard, respect.
  • Other antonyms:
    attending.

Inattention Sentence Examples:

• Her defence was to affect inattention and paint busily until some time after I had concluded.

• By dissipation and inattention his new business proved unsuccessful to him.

Hypernym for Inattention:

• n.

  • cognition
    distraction, neglect, inattentiveness, heedlessness, disregard.

Hyponym for Inattention:

• n.

  • cognition
    basic cognitive process.