Synonyms for unwatchful


Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : woch-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒtʃ fəl

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Définition 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

Antonyms for unwatchful

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