Antonyms for unwatchful

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : woch-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒtʃ fəl

Definition of unwatchful

Origin : c.1500, waccheful, from watch (v.) + -ful. Related: Watchfulness.

As in inattentive : adj negligent, not paying attention
As in incautious : adj not careful
As in off-guard : adj unprepared
As in unguarded : adj thoughtless; unwary
As in unwary : adj thoughtless, heedless
As in unheeding : adj not attentive
As in off-guard : adv when not paying attention

Example sentences :

He seemed to be perfectly at ease, confident, deliberate, and unwatchful.
Extract from : « 'Drag' Harlan » by Charles Alden Seltzer

Unwatchful trust is a delusion, and untrustful watching is in vain.
Extract from : « Kept for the Master's Use » by Frances Ridley Havergal

It must not be supposed that the professor's friends were unwatchful.
Extract from : « Blown to Bits » by Robert Michael Ballantyne

But as time went on even John's unwatchful eye could not fail to notice that all was not well with his father.
Extract from : « David Harum » by Edward Noyes Westcott

If you are careless and unwatchful, the child's will will speedily assert itself.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel » by W. G. Blaikie

To the unwatchful and the wicked the event will be as sudden and unexpected as the coming of a thief in the night.
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

We often are made to feel the force of this truth, when we have been unwatchful, and some cross occurrence has tried our tempers.
Extract from : « Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel » by John Yeardley

Synonyms for unwatchful

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