Antonyms for unobservant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhb-zur-vuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : əbˈzɜr vənt


Definition of unobservant

Origin :
  • 1590s, from observe + -ant, or else from French observant, past participle of observer (see observance). In reference to Judaism, from 1902. As a noun from late 15c. Related: Observantly; observantness.
  • adj not observant
Example sentences :
  • Dick repeated his question, unobservant of its first effect.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The subtle is so often the obvious that to be unobservant is a social duty.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • To the most unobservant it was evident now that a storm was in the making.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • From their position they could see all that went on about them, yet be quite hidden from the unobservant.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester
  • Don Estevan was not unobservant of this by-play that was passing around him.
  • Extract from : « Wood Rangers » by Mayne Reid
  • Luckily, Rivas had not been unobservant of what was going on between the girl and his companion.
  • Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
  • She was not unobservant, either, of his new white summer clothes.
  • Extract from : « A Tar-Heel Baron » by Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton
  • The Irish on the other side of the river had not been unobservant of the King's movements.
  • Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.
  • Its anthropomorphism is only, to unobservant minds, less apparent.
  • Extract from : « Theism or Atheism » by Chapman Cohen
  • I am not so unobservant as not to have discovered that you do a great deal of your own work.
  • Extract from : « Mildred Keith » by Martha Finley

Synonyms for unobservant

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