inobservant

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Can it be regarded in any way but as a piece of shameless hypocrisy, too glaring in its character to escape the notice even of the most inobservant individual.

From A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by Ferrall, S. A. (Simon Ansley)

This might, by an inobservant reader, be confounded with the summons to the convocation, which is composed of the same constituent parts, and, by modern usage, is made to assemble on the same day.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

Of all this she appeared by no means inobservant, nor did it seem to displease her.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

Our eyes and ears grow quickened to discern in the child before us processes similar to those we have read of as noted in the children,—processes of which we might otherwise have remained inobservant.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William

The most inobservant traveller in South Africa must be struck by the network of fortifications erected almost throughout the length and breadth of the country.

From In the Shadow of Death by Kritzinger, P. H.