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[ uhn-uh-wair ] / ˌʌn əˈwɛər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unaware ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change. Origin of unaware1585–95; un-1 + aware; compare Middle English unywar (see y-) SYNONYMS FOR unaware1 unsuspecting, ignorant, unknowing. SEE SYNONYMS FOR unaware ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM unawareun·a·ware·ly, adverbun·a·ware·ness, nounWords nearby unawareunau, unauthorized, unavailable, unavailing, unavoidable, unaware, unawares, unbacked, unbalance, unbalanced, unbalanced translocation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unawareTeens may be unaware of the potential for their private images to end up being disseminated. Sexting Is the New ‘First Base’|Russell Saunders|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her former boss, three thousand miles away in New York, was unaware of so many things. My Grandfather's War: Recovering the Art the Nazis Stole|Anne Sinclair|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST The bigot today is often unaware either that he has prejudices or that he is indulging them. Why Bigotry Persists|Stephen Eric Bronner|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST It seems the braggart was unaware of the changes in the law. The Case of the Yakking Yakuza|Jake Adelstein|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has a lean, crackling energy about him, a sense of dramatic flourish, a resonant voice that is not unaware of its own music. Nigeria’s Larger-Than-Life Nobel Laureate Chronicles a Fascinating Life|Chimamanda Adichie|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Are you unaware that he met Captain Beauchamp at the chateau of the marquise? Beauchamp's Career, Complete|George Meredith For, in truth, she was unaware; lost to everything but the joy of contact with her son. Maskull was unaware of any rise in temperature, but he felt his heart melting to womanish softness. A Voyage to Arcturus|David Lindsay I struggled to my feet, with difficulty dragging myself clear of the wrecked door, unaware of any hurt whatever. Through him I learned from the natives they were unaware that any American miners had landed on the Siberian side. In Search of a Siberian Klondike|Homer B. Hulbert
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 worldhe's the most unaware person I've ever met Derived forms of unawareunawarely, adverbunawareness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unawareuninformed, heedless, unfamiliar, unconcerned, negligent, oblivious, incognizant, blind, careless, daydreaming, forgetful, inattentive, insensible, out cold, unacquainted, unconscious, unenlightened, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting |