unobservant

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adjective

Not observant.

Similar
inobservantnonobservantunobservingunseeingunperceptiveunperceiving
OriginEnglish observant ← French observant ← Middle English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunobservant (comparative more unobservant, superlative most unobservant)

comparative more unobservant · superlative most unobservant

  1. Not observant.

    Synonyms: inobservant, nonobservant, unobserving

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot observant.

Similar
inobservantnonobservantunobserving

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot consciously observing

Similar
unseeingunperceptiveunperceiving
Also see
inobservantnonobservantnonpracticingunperceivingunperceptiveunseeing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Frenchobservant
  9. Englishobservant
  10. Englishunobservant

From un- + observant.

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APA

unobservant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unobservant

MLA

“unobservant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unobservant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unobservant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unobservant.

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