unobservant

1. 1.

   not consciously observing

   “looked through him with blank unseeing eyes”

   Synonymsunseeing

   Similarunperceptive

Questions about unobservant

What does unobservant mean?

unobservant means "not consciously observing".

How many syllables are in unobservant?

unobservant has 4 syllables and divides as u-nob-ser-vant under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for unobservant?

Close synonyms include unseeing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.