unconsciousness

/ (ʌnˈkɒnʃəsnɪs) /

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noun

the state of being without normal sensory awareness; insensibility

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uncongenial, unconnected, unconscionable, unconscious, unconsciously, unconsciousness, unconsecrated, unconsidered, unconstitutional, unconstitutional strike, unconstrained

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How to use unconsciousness in a sentence

For example, lack of response to painful stimuli indicates deeper unconsciousness and more severe injury.
Understanding Tracy Morgan’s Traumatic Brain Injury|Jean Kim|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dr. Karasu said "there's a greater pleasure in the unconsciousness of revenge - it's more powerful than success."
McCain's Revenge|News Shrink|November 5, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Blazing blobs of light exploded within his brain, and then the total blackness of unconsciousness funneled down upon his brain.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
He disliked the audible yawn with which Cash manifested his return from the deathlike unconsciousness of sleep.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower

There was no alteration in Ruth; she was as one stunned into unconsciousness; she did not move her posture, she hardly breathed.
Ruth|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Digby felt almost worn out, and ready to sink—a dreamy unconsciousness came over him.
Digby Heathcote|W.H.G. Kingston
He was found at the foot of a rather high stone wall in a state of unconsciousness.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley

Medical definitions for unconsciousness

unconsciousness

[ ŭn-kŏn′shəs-nĭs ]

A state of impaired consciousness in which one shows no responsiveness to environmental stimuli but may respond to deep pain with involuntary movements.

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