inattentive: 1741: Date based on Online Etymology Dictionary; Merriam-Webster cites an earlier date of origin, perhaps with a narrower meaning.
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|1741<ref>Dated based on Online Etymology Dictionary; Merriam-Webster cites an earlier date of origin, perhaps with a narrower meaning.</ref>
|more than 150 years before the discovery in physics of the connection between attentiveness/observation and uncertainty/chaos, this conservative word cautioned against inattentiveness
|more than 150 years before the discovery in physics of the connection between attentiveness/observation and uncertainty/chaos, this conservative word cautioned against inattentiveness