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† unaˈttentive, a. Obs.
[un-1 5 b.]
= inattentive a.
1591Harington Orl. Fur. Pref., A loose vnattentiue reader will hardly carrie away any part of the storie. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. Advt., A Reader that is not Unattentive, may easily collect..That they were written several years ago. 1710Steele Tatler No. 167 ⁋3 Young Men, who are too unattentive to receive Lectures. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 547 There is a virtue in keeping one's self unconcerned at abuse or slander, unattentive to noise and impertinence.
Hence † unaˈttentively adv., -ness. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Sourdement, deafely; also vnattentiuely. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. III, Wks. (1711) 44 By the ambition and unattentiveness of his friends, his worth was made the scaffold of his ruine. 1682Norris Heirocles 133 Their unattentiveness to the Instructions of others. |