inobservant
English
Etymology
Latin inobservans.
Adjective
inobservant (comparative more inobservant, superlative most inobservant)
- Not observant; heedless.
- March 1, 1772, Richard Hurd, sermon on St. Matthew, xi, 29
- If they are petulant or unjust, he, perhaps, has been inobservant or imprudent […]
- March 1, 1772, Richard Hurd, sermon on St. Matthew, xi, 29
Synonyms
- nonobservant
- unobservant
- unobserving
Derived terms
- inobservantly
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inobservant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)