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unaware

adjectivecommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˌʌnəˈwɛə//
  • United States//ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ//
  • Scotland//ˌʌnəˈweːɹ//

Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge; unmindful.

adjective

  1. 1

    Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge; unmindful.

    I'm unaware of the answer to that question.

    Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison.

    The more unaware the self is of other selves, that is, the more complete the splits, the greater the degree of schizoid pathology.

    In 1825, the first public railway carried passengers across the English countryside, setting in motion not just an engineering revolution, but an industrial one too. Imagine the awe and excitement of those first passengers as they boarded the train, unaware that they were witnessing the dawn of a new era.

  2. 2

    Not noticing; paying no heed; thoughtless; inattentive; oblivious.

    Or on the mat devoutly kneeling, Would lift her eyes up to the ceiling, And heave her bosom unaware For neighbouring beaux to see it bare.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English aware English unaware From un- + aware.

Forms

comparative
more unaware
superlative
most unaware
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

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