Disattention

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of attention; failure to pay attention. countable, uncountable

    "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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From dis- + attention.

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