In`at*ten"tion (?), n.
[Pref. in- not + attention: cf. F. inattention.] Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect. Novel lays attract our ravished ears;
But old, the mind
inattention hears. Pope. Syn. -- Inadvertence; heedlessness; negligence; carelessness; disregard; remissness;
thoughtlessness; neglect. -- Inattention, Inadvertence. We miss seeing a
thing through inadvertence when
do not happen to look at it;
through inattention when we give no heed to it,
though directly before us. The latter is
therefore the worse. Inadvertence may be an involuntary accident;
inattention is culpable neglect. A versatile mind is often
inadvertent; a careless or stupid one is
inattentive.
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