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unobservant, unseeing

adj. not consciously observing; "looked through him with blank unseeing eyes"

heedless, unnoticing, unobservant

adj. (inattentive)

blithe

adj. lacking or showing a lack of due concern; "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation"

rash

adj. imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith

careless

adj. effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace"

hasty

adj. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

impetuous

adj. marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves"

foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless

adj. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

lax, slack

adj. lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"

derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss

adj. failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"

oblivious(p), unmindful(p)

adj. (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of; "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"

blind

adj. unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"

absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty

adj. lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"

distracted, distrait

adj. having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety

dreamy, moony, woolgathering

adj. dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment"

drowsy, oscitant, yawning(a)

adj. showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation"

forgetful, oblivious

adj. failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"

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