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[ adjective ] (often followed by `of') not aware

Examples

"seemed unaware of the scrutiny" "unaware of the danger they were in" "unaware of the newborn hope" "the most unaware person I've known"

Used in print

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

Yet often fear persists because , even with the most rigid ritual , one is never quite free from the uneasy feeling that one might make some mistake or that in every previous execution one had been unaware of the really decisive act .

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

And he could recognize , by touch alone , articles which he had handled immediately before , even though they were altogether unfamiliar to him and could not be identified by him ; that_is , he was unaware what kind of objects they were or what their use was .

2
[ adjective ] not aware or knowing

Synonyms

unwitting

Examples

"an unwitting subject in an experiment"

Related terms

witting

3
[ adjective ] (often followed by `of') lacking knowledge or awareness

Synonyms

incognizant

Examples

"incognizant of the new political situation"

Related terms

cognizant

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