unselfconscious

[ uhn-self-kon-shuhs ]

/ ˌʌn sɛlfˈkɒn ʃəs /

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adjective

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

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Origin of unselfconscious

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

OTHER WORDS FROM unselfconscious

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

Words nearby unselfconscious

unseeing, unseelie, unseemly, unseen, unsegregated, unselfconscious, unselfish, unsell, unsentimental, Unser, unset

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|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|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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unselfconscious

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