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unaware

Unaware is simply the opposite of "aware." If you are unaware, you have no idea what's going on.

To be unaware is to be totally incognizant (but not incontinent). To be "caught unawares" means you were caught off guard or by surprise. Either way you've got your head in the clouds about something. Now some people might say that ignorance is bliss, but the guy in the crosswalk who was unaware of the bus barreling down on him at full speed might disagree.

DEFINITIONS OF: unaware

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adj (often followed by `of') not aware

“seemed unaware of the scrutiny”
unaware of the danger they were in”
unaware of the newborn hope”
“the most unaware person I've known”
Synonyms:
incognizant
asleep
in a state of sleep
oblivious, unmindful
(followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
unconscious
(followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving
unsuspecting
(often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely
unwitting
not aware or knowing
unconscious
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
insensible
incapable of physical sensation
Antonyms:
aware, cognisant, cognizant
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
awake
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
alert, alive, awake
mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"
conscious
(followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something
sensible
aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed
witting
aware or knowing
conscious
knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
sensible, sensitive
able to feel or perceive
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