[f. WATCHLESS a. + -NESS.] Lack of watchfulness.
1691. J. B[ardwood], Hearts-ease (ed. 2), 32–3. Another common Cause, is our own Watchlessness and Carelessness.
1854. Tait’s Mag., XXI. 564/1. To say nothing of the watchlessness of our Admiral in the Black Sea.
