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Definition: Inattentive |
InattentiveAdjective1. Showing a lack of attention; "inattentive students". 2. Inattentive because of lack of interest. 3. Not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents". 4. Unwilling to hear. 5. Not paying attention. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inattentive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references) |
Etymology: Inattentive \In`at*ten"tive\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression inattentif.]. (references) |
Synonyms: InattentiveSynonyms: deaf to(p) (adj), neglectful (adj), unheeding (adj), unlistening(a) (adj), unobservant (adj), unvigilant (adj), unwatchful (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: attentive (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Adjective: attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing; Verb: alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV); breathless; preoccupied; (inattentive); watchful; (careful); breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch; (expectant). |
Inattention | Verb: be inattentive; Adjective: overlook, disregard; pass by; (neglect) not observe; think little of. |
Adjective: inattentive; unobservant, unmindful, heedless, unthinking, unheeding, undiscerning; inadvertent; mindless, regardless, respectless, listless; (indifferent); blind, deaf; bird-witted; hand over head; cursory, percursory; giddy-brained, scatter-brained, hare-brained; unreflective, unreflecting, ecervele; offhand; dizzy, muzzy, brainsick; giddy, giddy as a goose; wild, harum-scarum, rantipole, highflying; heedless, careless; (neglectful). | |
Incogitancy | Indulge in reverie; (be inattentive). |
Adjective: vacant, unintellectual, unideal, unoccupied, unthinking, inconsiderate, thoughtless, mindless, no-brain, vacuous; absent; (inattentive); diverted; irrational; narrow-minded. | |
Inexpectation | Adjective: nonexpectant; surprised; Verb: unwarned, unaware; off one's guard; inattentive. |
Insensibility | Indifferent, lukewarm; careless, mindless, regardless; inattentive; neglectful; disregarding. |
Neglect | Supine; (inactive); inattentive; insouciant; (indifferent); imprudent, reckless; slovenly; (disorderly), (dirty); inexact; (erroneous); improvident. |
Rashness | Adjective: rash, incautious, indiscreet; imprudent, improvident, temerarious; uncalculating; heedless; careless; (neglectful); without ballast, heels over head, head over heels; giddy; (inattentive); wanton, reckless, wild, madcap; desperate, devil-may-care. |
Thought | Lost in thought; (inattentive); deep musing; (intent). |
Unskillfulness | Inapt, unapt; inhabile; untractable, unteachable; giddy; (inattentive); inconsiderate; (neglectful); stupid; inactive; incompetent; unqualified, disqualified, ill-qualified; unfit; quackish; raw, green, inexperienced, rusty, out of practice. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Inattentive |
| English words defined with "inattentive": Connivent ♦ neglectful ♦ Off one's guard ♦ slack, slight care ♦ Unattentive. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Inattentive" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (unobservantly). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Second, there are no data on the treatment of ADHD, Inattentive type, which might include a high percentage of girls. (references) | |
Travel | Kenya | Thieves on buses and trains may steal valuables from inattentive passengers. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Inattentive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inattentive" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 30 | 63,341 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "inattentive": be inattentive. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
add inattentive | 14 |
adhd inattentive type | 6 |
adhd inattentive | 4 |
add inattentive type | 3 |
driving inattentive | 3 |
inattentive | 3 |
attention deficit inattentive disorder | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "inattentive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i pavëmendshëm (absentminded, careless, heedless, inadvertent, inconsiderate, incurious, oblivious, regardless, unattending). (various references) | |
Arabic | مهمل (abandoned, antiquated, careless, derelict, deserted, discarded, disregarded, disregardful, disused, forgetful, forgotten, forsaken, heedless, ignored, in disuse, inadvertent, incautious, left out, left over, neglected, neglectful, negligent, no longer of use, obsolete, omitted, out of use, outdated, reckless, refuse, regardless, remiss, slack, sloven, unpointed, waste), غافل (asleep, heedless, inadvertent, incautious, incurious, insensible, oblivious, regardless, thriftless, unmindful, unthinking, unwary), شارد (errant, erratic, runaway, scampish, stray). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | невнимателен (careless, distrait, forgetful, inadvertent, inconsiderate, incurious, inobservant, inurbane, light hearted, neglectful, negligent, unattentive, unheeding, unkind). (various references) | |
Czech | roztìkaný (absentminded, distrait), nepozorný (heedless, inadvertent, inconsiderate, thoughtless). (various references) | |
Farsi | بی توجه (Oblivious, Unconsidered, Unresponsive, Unwitting), بی اعتنا (Reckless). (various references) | |
Finnish | tarkkaamaton, huomaamaton (imperceptible, inconspicuous, unnoticeable, unnoticed). (various references) | |
French | inattentif (inadvertent), peu attentionné, distrait. (various references) | |
German | unaufmerksam (distracted, inattentively, inconsiderate, inconsiderately, unalert, unobservant, unperceptive), nachlässig (careless, carelessly, forgetful, lackadaisical, lax, neglectful, neglectfully, negligent, negligently, remiss, slack, slipshod, sloppy, thoughtless). (various references) | |
Greek | απρόσεκτοσ (careless, dabbler, heedless, inadvertent, incautious, mindless, negligent, perfunctory, reckless, regardless, slap dash, thoughtless, unguarded, unmindful, unwary), απρόσεκτος (careless, cursory, heedless). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לא מקשיב, לא שם לב. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szórakozott (absent minded, absentminded, abstracted, distrait, faraway look, jaywalker, lightheaded, light-headed, preoccupied, scatter-brained), nemtörődöm (happy-go-lucky, insouciant, negligent, nonchalant), nem udvarias, nem előzékeny, hanyag (derelict, heedless, inadvertent, inobservant, inofficious, insouciant, lax, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, perfunctory, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, slow, slubberer), figyelmetlen (distrait, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, mindless, negligent, perceptive, reckless, regardless, thoughtless, unmindful, unobservant, unperceptive). (various references) | |
Indonesian | alpa (neglectful). (various references) | |
Italian | svagato, negligente (careless, inadvertent, lax, negligent, remiss, slack, slapdash, slaphappy), distratto (absent minded, absentminded, abstracted, forgetful), disattento (careless, heedless, inadvertent, inobservant, listless, unobservant, unruly). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 上滑り (careless, superficial). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うわすべり (careless, superficial). (various references) | |
Manx | neuhastagh (inadvertent, oblivious, regardless, undiscerning), neughlie (indiscreet), neuchurrymagh (careless, insouciant, lax), neuarreydagh (perfunctory, speech, speech), unguarded, unguarded of person, unheeding), meerioosagh (careless, forgetful, negligent, regardless, remiss, thoughtless, thoughtless person), meehastagh (absent, absent of landlord, absent-minded, absent-minded person, heedless), antortagh (thoughtless). (various references) | |
Norwegian | uoppmerksom. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inattentiveay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pouco cuidadoso (inobservant, regardless), negligente (careless, derelict, devil-may-care, heedless, idle, inadvertent, incurious, inobservant, lazy, loose, mindless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctory, reckless, regardless, slack, unheeding, unmindful, unwary), distrado, desatento (carefree, careless, deaf, distrait, harebrained, inobservant, light-minded, listless, mindless, regardless, scatterbrained, unobservant). (various references) | |
Romanian | neatent (absent minded, abstracted, abstractedly, careless, heedlessly, inadvertent, inadvertently, inattentively, listless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctorily, regardless, scatterbrain, scatterbrains, thoughtless, unmindful), distrat (absent, absent minded, absent-minded, absent-mindedly, abstracted, abstractedly, distracted, forgetful, inattentively, moon-struck, moony, mused, vacant, witless, wool gathering). (various references) | |
Russian | невнимательный (careless, distrait, heedless, inadvertent, incurious, inobservant, neglectful, remiss, scatter-brained, unattending, unattentive, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nepažljiv (abstracted, feckless, heedless, inadvertent, negligent, thoughtless, unheeding, unmindful), nemaran (careless, casual, debonair, delinquent, devil may care, easygoing, feckless, floppy, incurious, indifferent, neglectful, negligent, reckless, slack, slipshod, sloppy). (various references) | |
Spanish | inatento, distraído (absent, absentminded, absent-minded, abstracted, amusing, casual, distracted, distrait, dreamy, entertaining, faraway, heedless, lackadaisical, moony, unobservant, untidy, vacant, vague, wandering), de desatención. (various references) | |
Swedish | vårdslös (careless, nonchalant, slipshod), tanklös (blithe, brash, harebrained, harum scarum, heedless, improvident, insensible, light, light-headed, scatter-brained, scatty, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking), slarvig (careless, down at heel, fribble, frivolous, off hand, offhand, offhanded, shoddy, slapdash, sloppy, slovenly, slutish, untidy), ouppmärksam (absent, careless, inadvertant, inadvertent, negligent, unattentive, unwary). (various references) | |
Turkish | ihmalkâr (careless, derelict, forgetful, neglectful, negligent, oblivious), ihmalci (careless, derelict, forgetful, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, remiss, slack, unheedful), dikkatsiz (careless, freewheeling, heedless, inadvertent, incurious, lax, listless, mindless, regardless, remiss, slipshod, unaware, unheedful, unheeding, unobservant, unregardful, unseeing, unwary), dikkat etmeyen, özensiz (inelaborate, slipshod), özen göstermeyen, önemsemez. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | неуважний (absent, absentminded, abstracted, careless, distrait, erratic, faraway, forgetful, inadvertent, inconsiderate, incurious, inobservant, mused, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, oscitant, outward, unmindful, vague), недбалий (careless, casual, dishonest, heedless, lax, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, oscitant, overly, slovenly, unguarded). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vô ý (inadvertent, indiscreet, unguided), thiếu săn sóc, thiếu chu đáo (inconsiderate), khiếm nhã thiếu ân cần, không lưu tâm thiếu lễ độ, không chú ý (careless, heedless, mind, uninterested, unmindful). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "inattentive": inattentively, inattentiveness, inattentivenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "inattentive" (pronounced i'nute"ntiv) |
| 7 | -u t e" n t i v | attentive. |
| 5 | -e" n t i v | disincentive, incentive, inventive, preventive. |
| 4 | -n t i v | appointive, plaintive, substantive. |
| 3 | -t i v | accommodative, abortive, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-i-n-n-t-t-t-v" | |
-2 letters: attentive, tentative. | |
-3 letters: titanite, titivate, venetian. | |
-4 letters: invitee, naivete, navette, vitiate, vittate. | |
-5 letters: attent, innate, intent, intine, invent, invite, native, neaten, tattie, tenant, teniae, tentie, titian, tittie, venine, vittae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-i-n-n-t-t-t-v" | |
+2 letters: inattentively. | |
+4 letters: inattentiveness. | |
+5 letters: quantitativeness. | |
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