disattention

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noun

A lack of attention; a failure to pay attention.

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Meanings

noundisattention (countable and uncountable, plural disattentions)

plural disattentions

  1. countableuncountableA lack of attention; a failure to pay attention.

    The poem makes enormous demands: we are to be confronted with all our disattentions, with how small mind we pay to what is offered us.

    1984, William Heyen, The Generation of 2000: contemporary American poets, page 341

Origin

From dis- + attention.

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Translations

Polish nieuwaga, niedbałość
  • nieuwaganoun
  • niedbałośćnoun
Spanish desatención
  • desatenciónnoun
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APA

disattention. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disattention

MLA

“disattention.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disattention. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disattention,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disattention.

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