inattention

English

Etymology

From French inattention.

Noun

inattention (countable and uncountable, plural inattentions)

1. Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention

   Synonyms: disregard, heedlessness, neglect

2. An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.

Derived terms

• hemi-inattention

Translations

want of attention

Bulgarian: невниманив n (nevnimaniv) Dutch: onoplettendheid (nl) f Finnish: huomion puute French: inattention (fr) f Italian: inattenzione f Malayalam: ശ്രദ്ധക്കുറവ് (śraddhakkuṟavŭ) Manx: antort f, meehastey m, meehastid m, meerioose f, neuarrey m, neugheill m, neuhastid m Norwegian: uoppmerksomhet (no) m Nynorsk: uoppmerksemd f Polish: nieuwaga (pl) f, niedbałość (pl) f Spanish: inatención (es) f

an act of neglect

Finnish: laiminlyönti (fi)

failure of courtesy

Catalan: descortesia f Finnish: huomaamattomuus (fi) French: décourtoisie (fr) f, discourtoisie (fr) f Galician: descortesía f Italian: scortesia (it) f Portuguese: descortesia f Spanish: descortesía (es) f

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “inattention”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “inattention”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• intentation

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ attention.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.na.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

inattention f (plural inattentions)

1. inattention

Further reading

• “inattention”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.