English > inattentive: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | showing a lack of attention or care. |
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| Examples | - "inattentive students"
- "an inattentive babysitter"
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| Attribute of | attention | A motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together |
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| Narrower | absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty | Lost in thought |
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| distracted, distrait | Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety |
| dreamy, moony, woolgathering | dreamy in mood or nature |
| drowsy, oscitant, yawning | showing lack of attention or boredom |
| forgetful, oblivious | failing to keep in mind |
| See also | careless | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness |
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| negligent | Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern |
| unmindful, forgetful, mindless | not mindful or attentive |
| Opposite | attentive | (often followed by 'to') giving care or attention |
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| Spanish | desatento |
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| Catalan | desatent |
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| Adverbs | inattentively | in an absentminded or preoccupied manner |
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