RETENTIVE Antonyms

• lost in thought; showing preoccupation

• marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

• effortless and unstudied

• (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

• not mindful or attentive

• failing to keep in mind

• showing a lack of attention or care

• not showing due care or attention

• pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

• lacking in firmness or tension; not taut

• lacking in rigor or strictness

• emptying easily or excessively

• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

• not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting

• not affixed

• without restraint

• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

• not officially recognized or controlled

• not literal

• emptying easily or excessively

• not tense or taut

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• not carefully arranged in a package

• having escaped, especially from confinement

• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• turn loose or free from restraint

• make loose or looser

• become loose or looser or less tight

• characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern

• showing lack of careful thought

• without care or thought for others