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Inattentive
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit. I. Watts.
Synonyms: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent; remiss; inadvertent. In`at*ten"tive*ly, adv. In`at*ten"tive*ness, n.