Inattention - English meaning

ˌɪn.əˈten.ʃən

Inattention – definitions in English dictionary

noun
Lack of attention; distraction.
Usage examples:
A moment of inattention which could have cost lives
Synonims:
Lack of concentrationDistractionInattentivenessPreoccupationAbsent-mindednessDaydreamingDreaminessReverieWool-gatheringAbstractionStaring into spaceObliviousnessBrown studyBrain

noun
Failure to give attention
Usage examples:
Her disappointing exam results are entirely due to her inattention in class.

Inattention translation into English

Inattention: translate from English into Chinese

注意力不集中

Inattention: translate from English into Dutch

Onoplettendheid, Achteloosheid

Inattention: translate from English into French

Inattention, Négligence, Manque d'attention

Inattention: translate from English into German

Unaufmerksamkeit

Inattention: translate from English into Hindi

आनाकानी, उपेक्षा, असावधानी, अनादर, असम्मान, बेपरवाही, अनवधान, लापरवाही, ध्यानहीनता

Inattention: translate from English into Italian

Disattenzione, Distrazione

Inattention: translate from English into Korean

부주의, 건성

Inattention: translate from English into Russian

Невнимательность, Невнимание

Inattention: translate from English into Spanish

Inatención, Desatención, Descuido

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Inattention – similar words

inattentively

ˌɪn.əˈten.tɪv.li

adverb
In a way that does not give enough attention to someone or something
Usage examples:
The majority of minor road accidents were caused by someone driving inattentively., she sat inatten…

Inattentively - all meanings in English

inattentive

ˌɪn.əˈten.tɪv

adjective
Not paying attention to something.
Usage examples:
A particularly dull and inattentive pupil

adjective
Not listening to what is being said or giving your attention to what is happening
Usage examples:
Barbara has been inattentive in class lately.

adjective
Not giving attention to someone or something
Usage examples:
Inattentive to he was wholly inattentive to the needs of his children.

Inattentive - all meanings in English

Inattention synonims

absent-mindedness

noun
A lack of attention to what you are doing or what is happening around you because you are thinking about other things
Usage examples:
In a moment of absent-mindedness, she threw her keys in the bin., missing the meeting was not absen…

Absent-mindedness - all meanings in English

abstraction

æbˈstræk.ʃən

noun
The quality of dealing with ideas rather than events.
Usage examples:
Topics will vary in degrees of abstraction

noun
An idea that develops by looking at or thinking about a number of different things

noun
The quality of existing as or representing an idea, a feeling, etc. and not a material object, or something that has this quality
Usage examples:
They discuss the issue of realism versus abstraction in sculpture., actual black holes have been fo…

Abstraction - all meanings in English

brain

breɪn

noun
An organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.
Usage examples:
A brain tumour

verb
Hit (someone) hard on the head with an object.
Usage examples:
She brained me with a rolling pin

noun
The organ inside the head that controls thought, memory, feelings, and activity
Usage examples:
Doctors tried desperately to reduce the swelling in her brain., brain damage the accident left him …

Brain - all meanings in English

daydreaming

ˈdeɪ.driː.mɪŋ

verb
Indulge in a daydream.
Usage examples:
Stop daydreaming and pay attention

noun
A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.
Usage examples:
She was lost in a daydream

noun
The activity of thinking about pleasant things that you would like to do or have happen to you, instead of thinking about what is happening now
Usage examples:
We can all admit to occasional daydreaming at work.

Daydreaming - all meanings in English

distraction

dɪˈstræk.ʃən

noun
A thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else.
Usage examples:
The firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight

noun
The state of being very bored or annoyed
Usage examples:
His lessons bore me to distraction., that dreadful noise is driving me to distraction., i can turn …

noun
Something that prevents someone from giving their attention to something else
Usage examples:
I can turn the television off if you find it a distraction.

Distraction - all meanings in English

obliviousness

noun
The quality of not being aware of something, especially what is happening around you
Usage examples:
My uncle sat there with a look of blissful obliviousness., his first wife left him because of his o…

Obliviousness - all meanings in English

preoccupation

noun
The state or condition of being preoccupied or engrossed with something.
Usage examples:
He began to overcome his preoccupation with germs

noun
The thing you think about most
Usage examples:
[ u ] his preoccupation with sports is affecting his grades.

Preoccupation - all meanings in English

reverie

noun
A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
Usage examples:
A knock on the door broke her reverie

Reverie - all meanings in English

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