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Inattentive

INATTENT'IVE

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[in and attentive.] Not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as an inattentive spectator or hearer, an inattentive habit.

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inattentive

inattentive

English

Adjective

inattentive (comparative more inattentive, superlative most inattentive)

  1. Of or pertaining to lack of attention; not paying attention; careless.
    He was inattentive in class and did not do well in his exams.

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French

Adjective

inattentive

  1. feminine singular of inattentif