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unaware

[ uhn-uh-wair ]
/ ˌʌn əˈwɛər /
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adjective
not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
adverb
unawares.
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Origin of unaware

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

OTHER WORDS FROM unaware

un·a·ware·ly, adverbun·a·ware·ness, noun
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Words related to unaware

heedless, negligent, oblivious, unconcerned, unfamiliar, uninformed, incognizant, blind, careless, daydreaming, deaf, doped, forgetful, inattentive, insensible, mooning, nescient, not all there, out cold, out of it

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 of unaware

unawarely, adverbunawareness, noun
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