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
  • Leap Year is primarily a showcase for high heels worn in improbable situations, like trudging through the muddy, hilly Irish countryside, where Adams gets waylaid en route to propose to her inattentive boyfriend (Adam Scott).
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The results, published this week in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, says that lead exposure from car exhaust during children’s early development has made generations of Americans more depressed, anxious, inattentive and hyperactive.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of inattentive
Adjective
  • The camera is liberated (via CGI) in the song and dance numbers, but everything else is filmed in a basic, boring fashion, the background melting into a dim, unfocused blur behind the actors.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Distractions include a nosy principal, a cast of unfocused students and visitations from Charles Dickens’ ghost.
    Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 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
  • With Manchin absent in the Senate, and the vote tied at 49-49, a potential tie-breaking vote from Vice President Harris was possible.
    Axios, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Carven had been absent from the runways and without a marquee designer for several years.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of absent
Adjective
  • Accidents are on the rise: The number and severity of collisions have gone up, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, fueled by more distracted driving and rising speed limits.
    Liz Knueven, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
  • But Russia’s commitment to Syria has not actually wavered, and Russia is not really distracted.
    Nicole Grajewski, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of distracted
Adjective
  • The character is supposed to return to the present, but decides to find his lost love Peggy Carter, and remain with her in the past.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But even if Sunday’s performance proves to be a one-off or a consolation prize amid a lost season, the momentum created by this game should not be ignored.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of lost
Adjective
  • More often than not, companies today are oblivious to encryption as a data security tool and are content to use perimeter security measures like firewalls, monitoring and multifactor authentication to guard against would-be adversaries.
    Ameesh Divatia, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The band members are by no means oblivious to the seismic momentum of Beatlemania, becoming virtual prisoners at New York’s Plaza Hotel as it’s surrounded by a mob of screaming fans.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of oblivious
Adjective
  • Some of the best and brightest Atlanta-area criminal defense attorneys were entirely preoccupied.
    Anthony Michael Kreis, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
  • People are too preoccupied with day-to-day life and are not well enough educated to do anything about it.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of preoccupied
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