Disattention
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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