inobservant

English

Etymology

Latin inobservans.

Adjective

inobservant (comparative more inobservant, superlative most inobservant)

1. Not observant
   • March 1, 1772, Richard Hurd, sermon on St. Matthew, xi, 29

     If they are petulant or unjust, he, perhaps, has been inobservant or imprudent […]

Synonyms

• heedless
• nonobservant
• unobservant
• unobserving

Derived terms

• inobservantly

References

• “inobservant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.