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单词 inattention
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Definition of inattention in English:

inattention

noun ɪnəˈtɛnʃ(ə)nˌɪnəˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1Lack of attention; distraction.

    a moment of inattention which could have cost lives
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most common fault, after inattention, is for drivers to follow too closely.
    • What was a graceful and vibrant part of the city has become tired and tawdry as the ravages of time and inattention over the last 15 years have taken their toll.
    • And many catastrophes follow from a moment of inattention.
    • In the present case I think there was more than mere inadvertence or inattention.
    • At work I've been making a few errors due to inattention.
    Synonyms
    lack of concentration, distraction, inattentiveness, preoccupation, absent-mindedness, daydreaming, dreaminess, reverie, wool-gathering, abstraction, staring into space, obliviousness
    brown study
    informal brain fart
    negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, disregard, slackness, remissness, laxness
    forgetfulness, carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness
    indifference, unconcern, inconsideration
    rare oscitation
    1. 1.1 Failure to attend to one's responsibilities; negligence.
      his inattention to duty
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My inattention could have caused a serious injury or death.
      • The city soon felt the pain of the government's inattention.
      • Instead of throwing players out of practice for lack of effort or inattention to detail, he sends them into a workout room.
      • It can only prey on offensive mistakes or inattention.
      • The direct route tends to be blocked through inattention to detail, misunderstood directions, missed appointments.
      • Your suggestion to come upstairs saved me from having to bark at the lad for his inattention.
      • I read in the Wall Street Journal that a new "plague of inattention" is taking over.
      • For readers unfamiliar with Brazilian geography this inattention will be confusing.
      • Give me an example where for example, things have gone wrong with air crew, which are an example of this inattention to task.
      • These girls parents failed them, either through inattention or condoning the abuse.
      • A blog will thrive, live a banal life or just die from inattention.
      • Treatment professionals could rationalize their inattention to difference by citing underutilization of treatment resources by many minority groups.
      • The executive areas of the brain, which are responsible for your, oftentimes, inattention to detail.
      • A benign endurance, a sort of affable inattention, settles like snow upon the landscape.
      • In these cramped dock quarters, plants rarely suffer from inattention.
      • He ran swiftly about from object to object, rapidly lecturing their inattention.
      • At work I've been making a few errors due to inattention.
      • A greater problem may be the relative inattention currently paid to the conceptual tools needed to shift gears to new forms of news delivery.
      • Inattention, often linked to fatigue, is the most common cause of motorway accidents.
      • We must not, by inattention, stoke the fires of resentment among our own population.
 
 

Definition of inattention in US English:

inattention

nounˌinəˈten(t)SH(ə)nˌɪnəˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n
  • Lack of attention; distraction.

    a moment of inattention that could have cost lives
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At work I've been making a few errors due to inattention.
    • What was a graceful and vibrant part of the city has become tired and tawdry as the ravages of time and inattention over the last 15 years have taken their toll.
    • The most common fault, after inattention, is for drivers to follow too closely.
    • In the present case I think there was more than mere inadvertence or inattention.
    • And many catastrophes follow from a moment of inattention.
    Synonyms
    lack of concentration, distraction, inattentiveness, preoccupation, absent-mindedness, daydreaming, dreaminess, reverie, wool-gathering, abstraction, staring into space, obliviousness
    negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, disregard, slackness, remissness, laxness
 
 
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