attentive
adjectiveGiving careful attention or showing thoughtful concern for another person's needs.
Giving careful attention
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Clear all filtersGiving careful attention or showing thoughtful concern for another person's needs.
Giving careful attention
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An investment objective focused on protecting the original amount invested and limiting losses.
Intellectual and focused on thought rather than emotion.
Narrow in outlook or isolated from outside ideas and influences.
Narrow in outlook
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Nearsighted; figuratively, failing to consider broader or longer-term consequences.
Lacking foresight
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Excessively focused on oneself and one's importance or image.
Excessively self-focused
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Overly concerned with minor details, rules, or displaying learning.
Overly focused on minor correctness
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Guided by practical results and real circumstances.
Focused on practical results
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Giving disproportionately greater weight to an immediate outcome than to a later one.
Overweighting immediate outcomes
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Preoccupied with one's own thoughts, concerns, or interests.
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