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unobservant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
un-ob-ser-vant
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not observant.

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- French observantbor. English observant English unobservant From un- + observant.

Inflected Forms

more unobservant (comparative) most unobservant (superlative)

Derived Forms

unobservantly unobservantness

Synonyms

inobservant nonobservant unobserving unseeing

Questions

What does unobservant mean?
Not observant.
Where does unobservant come from?
Etymology tree English un- French observantbor. English observant English unobservant From un- + observant.

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