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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inattentive \In'at*ten"tive\, adjective [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}, adverb -- {In'at*ten"tive*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inattentive
adjective
1: showing a lack of attention; "inattentive students" [ant: {attentive}]
2: inattentive because of lack of interest
3: not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents" [syn: {neglectful}]
4: unwilling to hear [syn: {unheeding}, {unlistening(a)}, {deaf to(p)}]
5: not paying attention [syn: {unobservant}, {unvigilant}, {unwatchful}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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