Usually means: Lack of focus or concentration.
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▸ noun:  Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention
▸ noun:  An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.

Similar:
disattention, unattention, nonattention, underattention, unheed, inconsideration, inattendance, inapplication, absence, neglecter, more...

Opposite:
attention, focus, concentration, mindfulness

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selective, civil, such, visual, relative, general, apparent, total, sensory, mere, momentary

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Similar:
disattention, unattention, nonattention, underattention, unheed, inconsideration, inattendance, inapplication, absence, neglecter, more...

Opposite:
attention, focus, concentration, mindfulness

Adjectives:
selective, civil, such, visual, relative, general, apparent, total, sensory, mere, momentary

Colors:
    beige,     gray,     light gray,     pale blue,     pale yellow, more...



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