unobservant

Example Sentences

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This tells me she is either remarkably unobservant or willing to mislead the public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Winkler knows her rom-com tropes, so Steph is not only a florist but also a journalist, albeit a fairly unobservant one.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022

People who say L.A. has no seasons are unobservant dunces.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021

Motoya’s book beguiles with its reversals: the bodybuilder’s husband may be unobservant to the point of eeriness, but, as it turns out, she is the shape-shifter, the trickster.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2018

Strange, because it was obvious even to the most unobservant person that our friendship had been on its last legs for a long time.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon