Definitions for inattention

inattention in·at·ten·tion

Spelling: [in-uh-ten-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌɪn əˈtɛn ʃən/

Inattention is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in inattention (aeiinnnottt).

Definitions for inattention

noun

  1. lack of attention; negligence.
  2. an act of neglect.

Origin of inattention

First recorded in 1700-10; in-3 + attention

Examples for inattention

He asked her pardon for his inattention; he had been dreaming of a possible happiness!

At first she was tempted to turn away her eye with carelessness and inattention.

In these, as in all exercises, there is an inattention to general instructions.

Consciousness is opposed to habit, inattention, sleep, death.

They were accidental owners who turned their inattention into a virtue.

Our pleasures are but the stolen moments we can snatch from its inattention.

Artois felt suddenly that Gaspare had some perfect excuse for his inattention.

Numbers also help explain all that inattention on Tuesday night.

The trouble is that an inattention to the details of money is not exactly what we want in a Treasury secretary at the moment.

Unmarried women were put off by inattention to their issues, particularly in the debates, says Greenberg, and that hurt Obama.

Word Value for inattention
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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