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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

不注意な

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fuchuui na

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unobservant/ˌʌn.əbˈzɜːv.ənt/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は不注意なので、重要な変化を見落とした。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not paying careful attention to things around you; failing to notice details.

    "He was so unobservant that he didn't notice the new painting hanging on the office wall."
  2. 2

    Lacking or showing a lack of strict adherence to religious or traditional observances.

    "Growing up in a secular household, she remained largely unobservant of traditional rituals."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed in English by combining the negative prefix 'un-' with 'observant', which derives from the Latin 'observantem', present participle of 'observare' meaning to watch, heed, or guard. First attested in the late 16th century, the term has consistently described individuals who fail to notice or pay attention to their surroundings.

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