Meanings
adjectiveinobservant (comparative more inobservant, superlative most inobservant)
comparative more inobservant · superlative most inobservant
- Not observant
If they are petulant or unjust, he, perhaps, has been inobservant or imprudent […]
March 1, 1772, Richard Hurd, sermon on St. Matthew, xi, 29Synonyms: heedless, nonobservant, unobservant, unobserving
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot observant
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Origin
- Latininobservans
- Englishinobservant
Latin inobservans.
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