Inattention

(n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

Thesaurus Entries

accidia, acedia, apathy, ataraxia, ataraxy, callowness, carelessness, casualness, childishness, culpa, culpable negligence, default, delinquency, dereliction, detachment, disconformity, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, disregardfulness, distractedness, distraction, diversion, divided attention, easygoingness, failure, heedlessness, immaturity, imprudence, inadvertence, inadvertency, inadvisability, inconsideration, incuriosity, indiscreetness, indiscretion, indiscrimination, inexcitability, inexpedience, injudiciousness, inobservance, insouciance, irrationality, laches, lack of affect, lackadaisicalness, laissez-faire, lapse, laxity, laxness, listlessness, looseness, mindlessness, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, nonadherence, nonchalance, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, noninterference, nonobservance, nonperformance, nonrestriction, omission, overlooking, oversight, permissiveness, pococurantism, pompousness, poor stewardship, procrastination, puerility, reasonlessness, recklessness, regardlessness, remissness, senselessness, slackness, slight, sloth, stuffiness, thoughtlessness, unanxiousness, unconcern, unintelligence, unmindfulness, unobservance, unreason, unreasonableness, unrigorousness, unsensibleness, unsolicitousness, unsoundness, unthoughtfulness, unwisdom, unwiseness, withdrawal of attention, witlessness