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Synonyms of inattention in English:

inattention


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noun

1‘a moment of inattention which could have cost lives’

SYNONYMS
lack of concentration, distraction, inattentiveness, preoccupation, absent-mindedness, daydreaming, dreaminess, reverie, wool-gathering, abstraction, staring into space, obliviousness
brown study
informal brain fart
ANTONYMS

attention, concentration

2‘his inattention to duty’

SYNONYMS
negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, disregard, slackness, remissness, laxness
forgetfulness, carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness
indifference, unconcern, inconsideration
rare oscitation
ANTONYMS

care