noun
- A lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people.
- synonyms: inattentiveness
- The trait of acting rashly and without prudence.
- synonyms: mindlessness, rashness
- The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities.
- synonyms: unmindfulness, inadvertence, inadvertency
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