inobservant

adjective

Definition of inobservantnext
as in inattentive

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inobservant
  1. inattentive
  2. unfocused
  3. abstracted
  4. absent
  5. distracted
  6. lost
  7. oblivious
  8. preoccupied
Adjective
  • Randle's bully ball and inattentive defense are mucking everything up.
    Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Lead Exposure In Children Caused Millions Of US Psychiatric Cases And Must End By Sean Duke Science Editor 0 The co-author of a new landmark study that says lead exposure caused 151 million Americans to become depressed, anxious, inattentive or hyperactive has called for it to be banned.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of inattentive
Adjective
  • Early in the season, Malone would refer to his team as soft, disorganized or unfocused after a bad loss.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • So tell me all your thoughts on that totally unfocused question.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of unfocused
Adjective
  • The show’s overall environment was more akin to an abstracted living room than a standard runway setup.
    Lauren Vaccaro, Architectural Digest, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Larry Aldrich, the museum’s founder, visited Diamond’s studio in 1972 and subsequently acquired Untitled (1972), one of her early abstracted landscapes, and put it in a group show—marking her first museum acquisition and exhibition.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of abstracted
Adjective
  • Aside from a few minor announcements, mobile phone makers and their products were largely absent from CES.
    Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
  • On a team that has been shaky, Westbrook is consistently supplying the fun, even when the main attraction is absent.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of absent
Adjective
  • Canada is now standing behind an emperor who has no clothes and a distracted NATO that is not fully dressed.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Provide Visuals And Strong Calls To Action To capture attention in a busy, distracted world, companies should aim for clear and concise copy and use engaging headlines and bite-sized points to get their messages across.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of distracted
Adjective
  • That has roughly tripled its lost exposure to $458 billion over the same period.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The Lions rushed four men a couple of times, too, and Vikings left guard Blake Brandel looked lost.
    Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of lost
Adjective
  • Taken together with the bones, however—and with some help from modern technology—these earthen imprints give a holistic picture of the prehistoric creatures that sashayed along in their heyday, oblivious to the puny mammals of the future who would gawk at their footprints millions of years later.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Unfortunately, by the end of Season 2, Gi-hun remains oblivious that the Front Man and Young-il are the same person.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of oblivious
Adjective
  • But then the rebels seized an opportunity, capitalizing on a weakened government whose key allies are heavily preoccupied with other conflicts.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Oliver, as usual, is more preoccupied with his own personal storyline than with the investigation at hand.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2024
Definition of preoccupied
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