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inconscient

[ in-kon-shuh nt ]
/ ɪnˈkɒn ʃənt /
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adjective

unconscious.

RELATED WORDS

wasted, absent, absorbed, unconscious, bemused, obsessed, fascinated, distracted, engaged, forgetful, engrossed, bewildered, perplexed, abstracted, spellbound, musing, preoccupied, entranced, lost, immersed

Nearby words

inconformity, incongruent, incongruity, incongruous, inconnu, inconscient, inconsecutive, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconsiderate

Origin of inconscient

1880–85; in-3 + conscient conscious (< French conscient) < Latin conscient-, stem of consciēns, present participle of conscīre, orig., to have on one's conscience, equivalent to con- con- + scīre to know

Related forms

in·con·scient·ly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for inconscient

  • She was not yet a woman, by a certain veil of fragility and inconscient shyness, but the child was gone.

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