Synonyms:
inattentive
Meaning: showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"
Synonyms:
inattentive, neglectful
Meaning: not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents"
Usage examples
Mrs. Allen was not inattentive to it: "Well, my dear," said she, "suppose you go." And in two minutes they were off.
Sunfish, having scrambled ashore a few yards farther down, came up to them and stood waiting, as if to be forgiven for his failure to carry them safe to land, but Thurston, after the first inattentive glance, ungratefully took no heed of him.
He would remain for whole nights together under the naked cope of heaven, inattentive to the consideration either of place or time; insensible to the variations of the weather, or rather seeming to be delighted with that uproar of the elements, which partially called off his attention from the discord and dejection that occupied his own mind.