Antonyms for paying attentionpay·ing at·ten·tion

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1. attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attentionadjective

   paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

   "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

   Synonyms:
   wish, esteem, regard, heed, attentiveness, gaze, respect, compliments

2. heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attentionadjective

   taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

   "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"

   Synonyms:
   thoughtful, heedful, advertent, serious-minded, attentive, careful

How to use paying attention in a sentence?

1. Jim Phillips:

   I think it’s critically important for all of us to always be paying attention to what’s happening in the landscape and understanding what’s happening across the country, whether you’re a conference commissioner, whether you’re an athletic director, whether you’re a president, it’s just part of all of our responsibility. And this is the latest maybe conversation that we’re hearing about.

2. Jeremy Corbell:

   UFOs are real and they are here, but we don’t know who they are or the intent, that’s no longer a question. You have just not been paying attention.

3. John Katko:

   What good is all the screening at the front door if we are not paying attention enough at the back door? The answer is common sense.

4. Larry Sabato:

   Maybe he gets on TV to whine about the debate, but he uses the rest of the time to say, 'Here's what I stand for,' then suddenly people start paying attention. Democratic activists will actually know who he is.

5. Matthew Taylor:

   That (the doctor's office) considered it important -- even if it's only taking 30 seconds or a minute of time to say, 'Are things going well? Is there anything we need to be concerned about?' -- shows that they're paying attention to things they need to be doing, it's not out of sight, out of mind.

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