Inattention

n.

1.

Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect. Novel lays attract our ravished ears; But old, the mind inattention hears. - Pope.

Noun

1.

inattention - lack of attention Antonyms: attending, attention - the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

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