inattentive

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

inattentive
    adj 1: showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive
           students"; "an inattentive babysitter" [ant: {attentive}]
    2: not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students";
       "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents" [syn:
       {inattentive}, {neglectful}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inattentive \In`at*ten"tive\, a. [Cf. F. inattentif.]
   Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless;
   careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator
   or hearer; an inattentive habit. --I. Watts.

   Syn: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent;
        remiss; inadvertent. -- {In`at*ten"tive*ly}, adv. --
        {In`at*ten"tive*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

101 Moby Thesaurus words for "inattentive":
      apathetic, artless, ataractic, blase, careless, casual,
      culpably negligent, derelict, devil-may-care, disinterested,
      dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, distracted, distrait,
      distraught, easygoing, half-assed, heedless, inadept, inadvertent,
      inapt, inconstant, incurious, indifferent, inefficient, inept,
      inexcitable, inexpert, inobservant, insouciant, lackadaisical,
      laissez-faire, lax, listless, loose, mediocre, mindless,
      neglectful, neglecting, negligent, nonadherent, nonchalant,
      noncompliant, nonconforming, noninterfering, nonobservant,
      nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, pedestrian,
      perfunctory, permissive, pococurante, poor, procrastinating,
      reckless, regardless, relaxed, remiss, scamping, skill-less,
      skimping, slack, slighting, slurring, thoughtless, turned-off,
      unanxious, unapt, uncircumspect, uncompliant, unconcerned,
      unconforming, undeft, undexterous, undextrous, undiscriminating,
      unfacile, unfaithful, unguarded, unheedful, unheeding,
      unintelligent, uninterested, unloyal, unmarking, unmindful,
      unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant, unobserving, unperceiving,
      unproficient, unremarking, unrigorous, unskillful, unsolicitous,
      untrue, unwary, unwatchful

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