Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.
Source: tatoeba (18856)
Inattention
Synonyms for "inattention" (114 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (57)
listlessnessloosenessmindlessnessneglectneglectfulnessnegligencenonadherencenonchalancenoncompliancenonconformancenonconformitynonfeasancenonfulfillmentnoninterferencenonobservancenonperformancenonrestrictionomissionoverlookingoversight
Show 35 more words
permissivenesspococurantismpompousnesspoor stewardshipprocrastinationpuerilityreasonlessnessrecklessnessregardlessnessremissnesssenselessnessshallownessslacknessslightslothstuffinesssuperficialitythoughtlessnessunanxiousnessunattentionunconcernunintelligenceunmindfulnessunobservanceunreasonunreasonablenessunrigorousnessunsensiblenessunsolicitousnessunsoundnessunthoughtfulnessunwisdomunwisenesswithdrawal of attentionwitlessness
Noun(2 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
1 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- невниманив noun (want of attention)
Catalan
4 entries- desatenció noun (want of attention)
- desatenció noun (an act of neglect)
- descortesia noun (failure of courtesy)
- inatenció noun (want of attention)
Dutch
1 entries- onoplettendheid noun (want of attention)
Esperanto
1 entries- malatento noun (want of attention)
Finnish
3 entries- huomaamattomuus noun (failure of courtesy)
- huomion puute noun (want of attention)
- laiminlyönti noun (an act of neglect)
French
3 entries- discourtoisie noun (failure of courtesy)
- décourtoisie noun (failure of courtesy)
- inattention noun (want of attention)
Galician
1 entries- descortesía noun (failure of courtesy)
Italian
2 entries- inattenzione noun (want of attention)
- scortesia noun (failure of courtesy)
Malayalam
1 entries- ശ്രദ്ധക്കുറവ് noun (want of attention)
Manx
4 entries- antort noun (want of attention)
- meehastey noun (want of attention)
- meehastid noun (want of attention)
- meerioose noun (want of attention)
Norwegian
1 entries- uoppmerksomhet noun (want of attention)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- uoppmerksemd noun (want of attention)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طالغینلق noun (want of attention)
Polish
2 entries- niedbałość noun (want of attention)
- nieuwaga noun (want of attention)
Portuguese
2 entries- descortesia noun (failure of courtesy)
- inatenção noun (want of attention)
Spanish
2 entries- descortesía noun (failure of courtesy)
- inatención noun (want of attention)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Most car accidents occur due to the inattention of the driver.
Source: tatoeba (471863)
Tom's inattention at the wheel cost him his life.
Source: tatoeba (3207233)
We make a lot of mistakes out of inattention.
Source: tatoeba (8119762)
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.