unaware

[ uhn-uh-wair ]

/ ˌʌn əˈwɛər /

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adjective

not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.

adverb

Nearby words

unau, unauthorized, unavailable, unavailing, unavoidable, unaware, unawares, unbacked, unbalance, unbalanced, unbalanced translocation

Origin of unaware

1585–95; un-¹ + aware; compare Middle English unywar (see y-)

SYNONYMS FOR unaware

1 unsuspecting, ignorant, unknowing.

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Related forms

un·a·ware·ly, adverbun·a·ware·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for unaware

Teens may be unaware of the potential for their private images to end up being disseminated.
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The bigot today is often unaware either that he has prejudices or that he is indulging them.
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It seems the braggart was unaware of the changes in the law.
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He has a lean, crackling energy about him, a sense of dramatic flourish, a resonant voice that is not unaware of its own music.
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Are you unaware that he met Captain Beauchamp at the chateau of the marquise?
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For, in truth, she was unaware; lost to everything but the joy of contact with her son.
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Maskull was unaware of any rise in temperature, but he felt his heart melting to womanish softness.
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I struggled to my feet, with difficulty dragging myself clear of the wrecked door, unaware of any hurt whatever.
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Through him I learned from the natives they were unaware that any American miners had landed on the Siberian side.
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British Dictionary definitions for unaware

unaware

/ (ˌʌnəˈwɛə) /

adjective

(postpositive) not aware or conscious (of)unaware of the danger, he ran across the road

not fully cognizant of what is going on in the worldhe's the most unaware person I've ever met

adverb

a variant of unawares

Derived Forms

unawarely, adverbunawareness, noun

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