unaware [ uhn-uh -wair ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌʌn əˈwɛər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective
not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
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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, adverb un·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 ,
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mooning ,
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out cold ,
out of it
How to use unaware in a sentence In a statement, the Postal Service said it was “unaware of any significant delays or issues” in Butler County and was in touch with election officials.
Spokespeople for the organizations said they were unaware at the time of how officers could use it to shield their identities.
For those unaware , Instagram Stories are the short, disappearing videos or photos people send to their friends on Facebook’s photo-and-video sharing service.
Presumably, whoever is designing the algorithm is unaware of the racial consequence of this single-minded focus on profitability.
He stated that GLAA incorrectly gave him a “0” rating on grounds that he had not returned the questionnaire and the LGBTQ group was unaware of his views on LGBTQ issues.
In America, however, there is a stubborn strain of vacuous unaware ness that reflects no credit on American society.
Reagan harbored strong ideological convictions, but an astonishing unaware ness of basic facts.
At school he heard the same incessant war-talk, and found the same fundamental unaware ness of the meaning of the war.
Their very aloofness from the world—its unaware ness of their story's existence made for the perfection of all they felt.
Robin | Frances Hodgson BurnettSo that when Madame von Marwitz sought to quell him she found herself met with a gentle unaware ness, even a gentle indifference.
Tante | Anne Douglas SedgwickBut still more responsible for their unaware ness was the educational system in which they were reared.
The rejuvenating effects of sleep are due to man's temporary unaware ness of body and breathing.
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British Dictionary definitions for unaware
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 world he's the most unaware person I've ever met
Derived forms of unaware unawarely , adverb unawareness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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