short attention
Quickly losing interest
Short attention describes a limited capacity to focus on something for an extended period.
The phrase usually appears with span: Kids today have such short attention spans.
Someone with short attention is easily distracted, quickly bored, or unable to sustain concentration on a single task.
The term often carries mild criticism, suggesting impatience or superficiality.
- distractedUnable to concentrate
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- fidgetingRestless minor movements
squirrel · bored · restless · zoning · daydreaming · unfocused · goldfish · scrolling · checking phone · impatient · antsy · drifting · tuning out · in one ear · spacing · brain fog · ADHD · hyperactive
- childhood behaviorsgiggling, skipping, tantrums, whining, pouting
- childlike innocenceinnocence, wonder, curiosity, playfulness, imagination
- hyperactivityfidgeting, hyper, restlessness, fidgety, restless
- learning disabilitiesdyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia, learning disability
- mental flawsstupidity, ignorance, foolishness, dullness, obtuseness
short attentionrapt attention
intense focus · undivided attention · hyperfocus · flow state · total immersion
short, shorter, shortest, shortly, shortness, shorten, shortened, shortening, shorts