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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinattention
Pronunciation / Transliteration: in-a-tã-sjɔ̃
"Son inattention a causé l'accident."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The trait of failing to pay attention or lack of alertness and focus.
"His chronic inattentiveness during meetings led to several missed deadlines." - 2
An instance of neglecting to show courtesy or consideration towards others.
"She was deeply offended by the waiter's complete inattentiveness."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the Latin prefix 'in-' (meaning 'not'), the Latin 'attentus' (past participle of 'attendere', meaning 'to pay attention to'), and the Germanic suffix '-ness' (denoting a state or quality). It entered English in the late 16th century to describe the quality of failing to pay sufficient attention.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Inattentiveness" is said worldwide
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inattention
Transliteration: in-a-tã-sjɔ̃
"Son inattention a causé l'accident."
Unaufmerksamkeit
Transliteration: un-auf-merksam-keit
"Die Unaufmerksamkeit des Fahrers war gefährlich."
disattenzione
Transliteration: diz-at-ten-tsyon-e
"La sua disattenzione è costata caro al progetto."
inatención
Transliteration: i-na-ten-syon
"La inatención en clase dificulta el aprendizaje."
desatenção
Transliteration: de-za-ten-sãw
"A desatenção dele causou o erro."
असावधानी
Transliteration: asavadhani
"उसकी असावधानी के कारण दुर्घटना हुई।"
注意力不集中
Transliteration: zhù yì lì bù jí zhōng
"他在开会时表现出明显的注意力不集中。"
부주의
Transliteration: bu-ju-ui
"그의 부주의로 인해 사고가 발생했다."
不注意
Transliteration: fu-chui
"彼の不注意がミスを引き起こした。"
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