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disattention

disattention noun: a lack of attention; a failure to pay attention.

Noun

disattention (countable and uncountable, plural disattentions)

  1. A lack of attention; a failure to pay attention.
    • 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.1984, William Heyen, The Generation of 2000: contemporary American poets, page 341

Forms of disattention

pluraldisattentions

Origin of disattention

From dis- + attention.

Questions about disattention

What does disattention mean?
Disattention means a lack of attention; a failure to pay attention.
What part of speech is disattention?
Disattention is a noun.
What is the plural of disattention?
The plural of disattention is disattentions.

Words near disattention in the dictionary

  1. disattachment
  2. disattachments
  3. disattend
  4. disattending
  5. disattends
  6. disattention
  7. disattentions
  8. disattenuate
  9. disattenuated
  10. disattenuating
  11. disattenuation

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