inattentiveadjective
uk/ˌɪn.əˈten.tɪv/us/ˌɪn.əˈten.t̬ɪv/disapprovingnot giving attention to someone or something:
He was wholly inattentive to the needs of his children.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not paying attention
- absent
- absent-minded
- absently
- abstracted
- anyhow
- be having a moment idiom
- blind
- drop/lower your guard idiom
- faraway
- glaze
- go back to sleep! idiom
- hasty
- not take a blind bit of notice idiom
- perfunctory
- remiss
- sideline
- slapdash
- slaphappy
- sloppy
- wander
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inattentively
adverb uk/ˌɪn.əˈten.tɪv.li/us/ˌɪn.əˈten.t̬ɪv.li/