Antonym: attention. Similar words: inattentive, attention, pay attention, pay attention to, attentive, detention, intention, distention. Meaning: [‚ɪnə'tenʃn] 
n. lack of attention.
n. lack of attention. 
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31. She had never been used to finding wit in the inattention of any one.
32. Cell phone conversation while driving creates "inattention blindness, " a cognitive state that slows a driver's reaction time and limits his ability to detect changes in road conditions.
33. The trays on the desk were filled by papers dusty with inattention.
34. I was rather saddened by what he had said and regretted my own inattention.
35. These mistakes are often the result of inattention and carelessness.
36. The Balkans still smolder, and inattention to Bosnia could revive apprehensions about the EU's ability to offer security, even on its own continent.
37. The primary symptoms are impulsiveness, inattention, restlessness and poor self-regulation.
38. Two mechanisms allow for such self - concept maintenance: inattention to moral standards and categorization malleability.
More similar words: inattentive, attention, pay attention, pay attention to, attentive, detention, intention, distention, abstention, contention, intentionally, a bone of contention, sententiously, constitutional convention, combination, domination, rumination, nomination, inclination, elimination, abomination, examination, imagination, pollination, culmination, termination, destination, contentious, pretentious, denomination.