A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1648-1649
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Unattentiveness, n. [17th c. Eng. unattentiveness (1682); Attentive adj.] Lack of attention, inattentiveness. —a1649 Drummond Wks. (1711) 44.
By the ambition and unattentiveness of his friends, his worth was made the scaffold of his ruine
