unselfconscious

[ uhn-self-kon-shuhs ]

adjective

not self-conscious; without affectation or pretense: an unselfconscious manner.

Origin of unselfconscious

First recorded in 1830–40; un-¹ + self-conscious

Other words from unselfconscious

un·self·con·scious·ly, adverb
un·self·con·scious·ness, noun

Words Nearby unselfconscious

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How to use unselfconscious in a sentence

Audience members could ask earnest, unselfconscious questions like whether e-books were real books without blushing.
Jaipur Literary Festival Draws Controversy | Nisid Hajari | January 23, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Reading Jim Harrison can help you be a better animal, balancing the examined life with unselfconscious enthusiasm for living.
Jim Harrison Can Make You a Better Animal | John Avlon | September 23, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Although she preserved her delightfully unselfconscious manner she was almost ceaselessly conscious of self.
December Love | Robert Hichens
He was absolutely unselfconscious, and it never seemed to occur to him to wonder what impression he was making on others.
Rustic Sounds | Francis Darwin
He had had a harder life than Tembarom because he had been more timid and less buoyant and less unselfconscious.
T. Tembarom | Frances Hodgson Burnett

She was almost as unselfconscious as he, but had her nation's shrinking from any public expression of emotion.
The Nest Builder | Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
Now, John Blanchemain, as I have previously mentioned, was an unselfconscious sort of fellow.
My Friend Prospero | Henry Harland

British Dictionary definitions for unselfconscious

unselfconscious

/ (ˌʌnsɛlfˈkɒnʃəs) /

adjective

not unduly aware of oneself as the object of attention of others

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