inattention
Roget-categorie 458
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.2. Precursory conditions and operations
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Inattention
zelfstandig naamwoord
inattention,
inconsideration —
inconsiderateness
etc.
adj. —
oversight —
inadvertence,
inadvertency,
nonobservance,
disregard.
supineness
etc.
(inactivity)
683 —
etourderie [Fr.],
want of thought —
heedlessness
etc.
(neglect)
460 —
insouciance
etc.
(indifference)
866.
abstraction —
absence of mind,
absorption of mind —
preoccupation,
distraction,
reverie,
brown study,
deep musing,
fit of abstraction.
werkwoord
be inattentive
etc.
adj. —
overlook,
disregard —
pass by
etc.
(neglect)
460 —
not observe
etc.
457 —
think little of.
close one's eyes to,
shut one's eyes to —
pay no attention to —
dismiss from one's thoughts,
discard from one's thoughts,
discharge from one's thoughts,
dismiss from one's mind,
discard from one's mind,
discharge from one's mind —
drop the subject,
think no more of —
set aside,
turn aside,
put aside —
turn away from,
turn one's attention from,
turn a deaf ear to,
turn one's back upon.
abstract oneself,
dream,
indulge in reverie.
escape notice,
escape attention —
come in at one ear and go out at the other —
forget
etc.
(have no remembrance)
506.
call off the attention,
draw off the attention,
call away the attention,
divert the attention,
distract the mind —
put out of one's head —
disconcert,
discompose —
put out,
confuse,
perplex,
bewilder,
moider†,
fluster,
muddle,
dazzle —
throw a sop to Cerberus.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
inattentive —
unobservant,
unmindful,
heedless,
unthinking,
unheeding,
undiscerning† —
inadvertent —
mindless,
regardless,
respectless†,
listless
etc.
(indifferent)
866 —
blind,
deaf —
bird-witted —
hand over head —
cursory,
percursory† —
giddy-brained,
scatter-brained,
hare-brained —
unreflective,
unreflecting†,
ecervele [Fr.] —
offhand —
dizzy,
muzzy†,
brainsick† —
giddy,
giddy as a goose —
wild,
harum-scarum,
rantipole†,
highflying —
heedless,
careless
etc.
(neglectful)
460.
inconsiderate,
thoughtless.
absent,
abstracted,
distrait —
absentminded,
lost —
lost in thought,
wrapped in thought —
rapt,
in the clouds,
bemused —
dreaming on other things,
musing on other things —
preoccupied,
engrossed
etc.
(attentive)
457 —
daydreaming,
in a reverie
etc.
n. —
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508† —
napping —
dreamy —
caught napping.
disconcerted,
distracted,
put out
etc.
v..
bijwoord
inattentively,
inadvertently,
absent-mindedly
etc.
adj.† —
per incuriam [Lat.],
sub silentio [Lat.].
tussenwerpsel
stand at ease,
stand easy!,
uitdrukking
the attention wanders —
one's wits gone a woolgathering,
one's wits gone a bird's nesting —
it never entered into one's head —
the mind running on other things —
one's thoughts being elsewhere —
had it been a bear it would have bitten you.
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