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Adjective: inattentive  `i-nu'ten-tiv
  1. Showing a lack of attention or care
    "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"
     
  2. Not showing due care or attention
    "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"
    - neglectful

See also: absent, absentminded, abstracted, attention, careless, distracted, distrait, dopey, dopy, dreamy, drowsy, forgetful, inattentively, inattentiveness, moony, negligent, oblivious, oscitant, scatty [Brit], woolgathering, yawning

Antonym: attentive

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