watchful
adjective
vigilant or alert; closely observant.
unwatchfulness
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a word derived from
watchful.
Example Sentences
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That they should carefully guard against the evils formerly mentioned, which brought on this distemper; such as carelessness, untenderness, unwatchfulness, laziness, carnal security, formality, and want of seriousness, &c.
From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by John (of Wamphray) Brown
For truly I have for some time been as in a state of death and darkness, owing to my unwatchfulness.
From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by John Yeardley
"Yea," said Loki, "but there will never be laughter again in Asgard unless thou art able to bring back the hammer that thine unwatchfulness lost."
From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Willy Pogany
On sitting down in meeting this evening I got into a state of unwatchfulness, which continued so long as to deprive me of the refreshment my poor mind so often stands in need of.
From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by John Yeardley
Now the word unwatchfulness, or I might change it for carelessness, is a very general term.
From Standards of Life and Service by Thomas Henry Howard
