† unattentiveadj.
Obsolete.
= inattentive adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective]
unmindfula1382
unminda1400
mindlessa1425
indiligent1549
regardless1578
heedless1579
unheedy1579
unregarding?1585
unattentive1591
thoughtless1592
unobservant1615
unobservinga1628
tentless1636
unattending1637
inadvertent1653
inobservant1663
inadverting1678
incurious1691
wistless1747
unnoticing1751
unheeding1770
inattentive1785
unrecking1824
unnoting1826
oblivious1854
1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶vjv A loose vnattentiue reader, will hardly carrie away any part of the storie.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. sig. b4 A Reader that is not Unattentive, may easily collect..That they were written several years ago.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 167. ⁋3 Young Men, who are too unattentive to receive Lectures.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 124 There is a virtue in keeping oneself unconcerned at abuse or slander, unattentive to noise and impertinence.
1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. iii. 53 She shall find..I have not been unattentive to her welfare while living.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adverb]
unheedily1596
unattentively1611
unheedfullya1616
heedlesslya1682
unobservantly1733
inattentively1748
unheedingly1787
vaguely1828
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sourdement, deafely; also vnattentiuely.
unaˈttentiveness n. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [noun]
heedlessness1581
inobservance1611
regardlessness1611
unattentivenessa1649
inobservantness1659
non-attendancya1677
inobservancy1677
inadvertisementa1682
unattention1691
inattention1710
inobservation1727
inattentiveness1753
unobservance1893
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or heedlessness
rechelesteOE
yemelestc897
recklessnessOE
unbeseyness?c1225
yemeleaschipec1230
unmindinga1382
negligencec1390
rechelesshipc1390
recklessheadc1410
unadvertance1483
unheediness1486
unmindfulnessa1500
non-advertencec1540
carelessness1561
inadvertence1568
heedlessness1581
unheedfulness1586
inadvertency1592
inobservance1611
regardlessness1611
indiligence1636
unattentivenessa1649
inanimadvertency1650
non-advertency1653
unadvertency1655
inanimadvertence1656
disregard1661
inanimadversion1676
non-attendancya1677
inobservancy1677
unattention1691
inattention1710
inobservation1727
inattentiveness1753
tentlessness1883
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James III in Wks. (1711) 44 By the Ambition and Unattentiveness of his Friends, his Worth was made the Scaffold of his Ruine.
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 133 Their unattentiveness to the Instructions of others.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1591