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Unobservant vs Unobserving - What's the difference?

unobservant | unobserving |

As adjectives the difference between unobservant and unobserving

is that unobservant is not observant while unobserving is failing to observe something; unobservant.

unobservant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not observant.

    • See also

    *nonobservant *inobservant

    unobserving

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Failing to observe something; unobservant.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1888, author=(Edward Eggleston), title=The Mystery of Metropolisville citation
    • , passage=It was full of heartbreak, and Katy was too unobserving to notice how round and steady and commercial the penmanship was, and how large and fine were the flourishes. }}
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1908, author=(George Barr McCutcheon), title=The Man From Brodney's, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Then she looked at Chase and winked, with a meaning nod at the unobserving Deppingham. }}