Unobservant
[ʌnəb'zɜːv(ə)nt]
Definition
(adj.) not consciously observing; 'looked through him with blank unseeing eyes' .
Checker: Louie--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Heedless, careless, thoughtless, inattentive, unmindful.
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Examples
- Indeed, I am so unobservant of it, that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours after dinner of what dishes it consisted. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Just imagine, she said, how stupid and unobservant I was! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Dr. John had not been unobservant of the fairy's dance; he had watched it, and he had liked it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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