unwatchful

Example Sentences

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In a long-anticipated report released Monday, Wells Fargo & Co. pinned the blame for its unauthorized-accounts scandal on weak corporate oversight, an unwatchful former CEO and the executive who led the bank’s community banking division.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2017

Much of this occurred under the unwatchful eyes of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, the last Presidents who were able to practice the preachment that government rules best by governing least.

From Time Magazine Archive

And when they found that the game, yesterday so abundant and unwatchful, had to-day almost wholly disappeared, they were indignant, and wished that they had anticipated the season by a few hours.

From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston

They were not sitting in a waiting half circle—they were scattered, unwatchful.

From Chip, of the Flying U by Russell, Charles M.

He seemed to be perfectly at ease, confident, deliberate, and unwatchful.

From 'Drag' Harlan by Seltzer, Charles Alden