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inobservant

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in⋅ob⋅serv⋅ance

  [in-uhb-zur-vuhns]
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–noun
1. lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
2. failure to observe a custom, rule, law, or the like; nonobservance: inobservance of the Sabbath.
Origin:
1605–15; < L inobservantia. See in- 3 , observance

Related forms:
in⋅ob⋅serv⋅ant, adjective
in⋅ob⋅serv⋅ant⋅ly, adverb
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in·ob·ser·vance   (ĭn'əb-zûr'vəns)   
n.  

  1. Lack of heed or attention; disregard.

  2. Nonobservance, as of a law or custom.

in'ob·ser'vant adj.
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