unobservant

[/ˌʌn.əbˈzɜːr.vənt/]

adjective

desatento

1. not paying attention to things; lacking observational awareness or attentiveness

He was unobservant of the changes happening around him.

Ele era desatento às mudanças que aconteciam ao seu redor.

2. failing to notice or perceive details or important information

An unobservant person might miss crucial clues at a crime scene.

Uma pessoa desatenta pode perder pistas cruciais em uma cena de crime.

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

desatento

most common usage

Brazil

desatencioso

less common, more formal variant

Portugal

desatento

same as Brazilian Portuguese

Portugal

pouco observador

alternative phrasing meaning 'not much of an observer'

not seeing the forest for the trees

have one's head in the clouds

miss the obvious

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