unnoticing

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English

Etymology

un- +‎ noticing

Adjective

unnoticing (not comparable)

  1. Not noticing.
    • 1901, William James Stillman, The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I[1]:
      At the appointed hour Turner came and found me in an earnest study of the pictures in the farther end of the gallery, where I remained, unnoticing and unnoticed, until a sign from Griffiths called me up.
    • 1911, Margaret Burnham, The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise[2]:
      He was hoping against all common sense that the young Prescotts had not seen his mishap, or at least that they would pass on above him unnoticing.
    • 1917, James A. Cooper, Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper[3]:
      Pallid, shaking, panting for every breath he drew, he was slipping out of the unnoticing crowd when Cap'n Jim Trainor of the lifeboat crew called to him.

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