Inattention vs Inattentive - What's the difference?
inattention | inattentive |
Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.
Of or pertaining to lack of attention; not paying attention; careless.
As a noun inattention
is want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.As an adjective inattentive is
of or pertaining to lack of attention; not paying attention; careless.inattention
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Noun
(en noun)References
* * ----inattentive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He was inattentive in class and did not do well in his exams.