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unaware

[ uhn-uh-wair ]

adjective

  1. not aware or conscious; unconscious:

    to be unaware of any change.

    Synonyms: unsuspecting, unknowing, ignorant



adverb

unaware

/ ˌʌnəˈwɛə /

adjective

  1. postpositive not aware or conscious (of)

    unaware of the danger, he ran across the road

  2. not fully cognizant of what is going on in the world

    he's the most unaware person I've ever met

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. a variant of unawares
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌunaˈwarely, adverb
  • ˌunaˈwareness, noun
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Other Words From

  • una·warely adverb
  • una·wareness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unaware1

First recorded in 1585–95; un- 1 + aware; compare Middle English unywar ( y- )
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Example Sentences

Horn disputed the claims in a statement citing the group’s reluctance to properly address the allegations against Weaver, which she said she was unaware of prior to the news reports.

Menjívar further emphasized the population is unaware of the regional legislative body’s work and recognized that even her own party has not made it known, so she has promised to change that if she is elected.

What’s more, some people might never develop symptoms and remain unaware of a second infection.

She keeps us constantly on edge, unaware of who the story will go to and what event might happen next.

Einstein, who called the waves gravitationswellen, was unaware that any such big events existed in the cosmos.

But Erdoğan is either unaware of that or sought to simplify history.

Teens may be unaware of the potential for their private images to end up being disseminated.

Her former boss, three thousand miles away in New York, was unaware of so many things.

The bigot today is often unaware either that he has prejudices or that he is indulging them.

It seems the braggart was unaware of the changes in the law.

Young Lamb's big cigar has been out long ago; but he pulls hard at it, wholly unaware of the fact.

Soon the couple excited attention, of which both seemed to be wholly unaware.

It was a limitation of Thomas Hutchinson's excellent administrative mind that lie was wholly unaware of this crisis.

She is, no doubt, utterly unaware of the real identity of this brisk, hard-working doctor.

When she was unaware of the name she was accustomed to address all males by the epithet "man."

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