Reverse Dictionary: INATTENTIVE

ADJECTIVES
► ASLEEP AT THE BAG inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ASLEEP AT THE BASE inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH inattentive; not alert to a duty or opportunity; oblivious of responsibility → 1908 Amer. sl.
► ASLEEP ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BLAH inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BLANK inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DEAD ABOVE THE EARS ► DEAD BETWEEN THE EARS inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DEAD FROM THE HOOFS UP inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DEAD FROM THE NECK UP inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DEAD-HEADED inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DEAD TO THE WORLD unconscious of one’s surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded → 20C sl., orig. US
► FLAKY inattentive, distracted, unreliable → 1959 US sl.
► GAUMLESS heedless, careless, unobservant, inattentive → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HALF THERE inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NEGLECTIVE neglectful, inattentive, careless → 1611 obs.
► NO ONE AT HOME inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NOT ALL THERE inattentive; absent-minded → 1864 sl.
► NOT KEEPING ONE’S EYE ON THE BALL inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NOT ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NOT THERE inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OSCITANT gaping from drowsiness, yawning; hence, drowsy, dull, indolent, negligent, inattentive through drowsiness → 1625 obs.
► OUT OF TOWN inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► UNATTENDING inattentive → 1634
► UNATTENTIVE inattentive → 1591 obs.
► VARLESS inattentive, careless → 1898 Sc.

ADVERBS
► UNATTENTIVELY inattentively → 1611 obs.
► WITH A VACANT ATTIC ► WITH A VACANT HOUSE inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► SKYBUGGING scanning the sky aimlessly while riding a horse; also, not paying attention → 1982 Amer. dial.
► UNATTENDANCE inattention → c1449 obs.
► UNBISEINESS inattention, carelessness → a1225 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CLOTH EARS an inattentive listener → 1912 sl.
► DIRK a foolish, peculiar, or obnoxious person; an absent-minded or inattentive person; a jerk → 1964 US sl.
► DIZ ► DIZZ a silly or eccentric person; an absent-minded or inattentive person → 1963 US sl.
► GOOF-OFF a person who is habitually inattentive to duty; a loafer, an idler, a blunderer → 1945 US sl., orig. military
► HEAD-UP a stupid or inattentive person → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► INADVERTIST one who habitually fails to take notice; an inadvertent or inattentive person → 1679  obs.
► MAGOO a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person → 1932 Amer. sl.
► MENTAL MIDGET an absent-minded or inattentive person; a stupid person → 1966 Amer. sl.
► NUTTER BUTTER a person who is unaware or inattentive → 1990s US students’ sl.

PHRASES
► GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NOBODY HOME an expression applied to any person thought to be stupid, feeble-minded,  inattentive, etc. → c1915 Amer. sl.
► NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS said of someone considered to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc. → 1951 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► BE ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH to be inattentive, or not concentrating on a task → L19 US sl.
► BE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL to be inattentive, or not concentrating on a task → 20C sl.
► HAVE ONE’S FINGER UP ONE’S ASS to stand about idly; to be inattentive or slow to act → 1942 sl.
► HAVE ONE’S HEAD UP ONE’S ASS to be very stupid or inattentive → 1924 Amer. sl.
► HAVE ONE’S THUMB UP ONE’S ASS to stand about idly; to be inattentive or slow to act → 1958 sl.
► HAVE ONE’S THUMB UP ONE’S ASSHOLE to stand about idly; to be inattentive or slow to act → 1974 sl.