Synonyms for unwatchful
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : woch-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒtʃ fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for unwatchful Other synonyms for the word unwatchful
- absent
- absentminded
- accessible
- any old way
- artless
- asleep
- asleep at the switch
- asleep on the job
- blind
- bold
- brash
- casual
- caught napping
- credulous
- daydreaming
- deaf
- derelict
- devil-may-care
- direct
- distrait
- diverted
- dreamy
- faraway
- fast-and-loose
- flat-footed
- foolhardy
- foot-in-mouth
- forgotten
- frank
- hasty
- headlong
- heedless
- honest
- hotheaded
- ignorant
- ignored
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- ill-judged
- impetuous
- impolitic
- improvident
- imprudent
- impulsive
- inadvertent
- inattentive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- ingenuous
- injudicious
- inobservant
- listless
- lost
- madcap
- musing
- naive
- napping
- neglectful
- negligent
- not on the job
- off guard
- off-guard
- out to lunch
- pay no mind
- playing with fire
- precipitate
- preoccupied
- rapt
- rash
- reckless
- regardless
- remiss
- removed
- scatterbrained
- spaced out
- sticking one's neck out
- straightforward
- thoughtless
- unadvised
- unalert
- uncircumspect
- unconscious
- undiplomatic
- undiscerning
- unguarded
- unheeding
- unmindful
- unnoticed
- unnoticing
- unobservant
- unobserving
- unperceiving
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unready
- unreflective
- unsuspecting
- unsuspicious
- unthinking
- unvigilant
- unwatchful
- unwise
- vague
- vulnerable
- wary
- weak
- wide open
- zoned out
Définition of unwatchful
Origin :- c.1500, waccheful, from watch (v.) + -ful. Related: Watchfulness.
- As in inattentive : adj negligent, not paying attention
- As in incautious : adj not careful
- As in off-guard : adj unprepared
- As in unguarded : adj thoughtless; unwary
- As in unwary : adj thoughtless, heedless
- As in unheeding : adj not attentive
- As in off-guard : adv when not paying attention
- He seemed to be perfectly at ease, confident, deliberate, and unwatchful.
- Extract from : « 'Drag' Harlan » by Charles Alden Seltzer
- Unwatchful trust is a delusion, and untrustful watching is in vain.
- Extract from : « Kept for the Master's Use » by Frances Ridley Havergal
- It must not be supposed that the professor's friends were unwatchful.
- Extract from : « Blown to Bits » by Robert Michael Ballantyne
- But as time went on even John's unwatchful eye could not fail to notice that all was not well with his father.
- Extract from : « David Harum » by Edward Noyes Westcott
- If you are careless and unwatchful, the child's will will speedily assert itself.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel » by W. G. Blaikie
- To the unwatchful and the wicked the event will be as sudden and unexpected as the coming of a thief in the night.
- Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
- We often are made to feel the force of this truth, when we have been unwatchful, and some cross occurrence has tried our tempers.
- Extract from : « Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel » by John Yeardley
Antonyms for unwatchful
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