unaware

unaware

English

Etymology

un- +‎ aware

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnəˈwɛə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnəˈweːɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Adjective

unaware (comparative more unaware, superlative most unaware)

1. Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge.

   I'm unaware of the answer to that question.

   Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison.

   • 1989, Journal of contemporary psychotherapy‎, volume 19:

     The more unaware the self is of other selves, that is, the more complete the splits, the greater the degree of schizoid pathology.

2. Not noticing; paying no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
   • 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love

     Or on the mat devoutly kneeling,
     Would lift her eyes up to the ceiling,
     And heave her bosom unaware
     For neighbouring beaux to see it bare.

Synonyms

• (not aware or informed; lacking knowledge): clueless

Derived terms

• unawares adverb

Translations

not aware or informed

Armenian: անտեղյակ (hy) (antełyak) Bengali: গাফেল (bn) (gafel) Catalan: ignorant (ca) Finnish: tietämätön (fi), epätietoinen (fi) German: unwissend (de), nicht wissend Italian: ignaro (it), inconsapevole (it) Latin: inscius Plautdietsch: onweetent Portuguese: inconsciente (pt) Romanian: neștiutor (ro), neprevenit Russian: не зна́ющий (ne znájuščij) Spanish: inconsciente (es), desprevenido, ignorante (es) Tagalog: dinaiino, dinakaiino Ukrainian: яки́й не зна́є (jakýj ne znáje)

not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive

Bengali: গাফেল (bn) (gafel) Finnish: tietämätön (fi) German: unaufmerksam (de), gedankenlos (de), nicht bemerkend, nichtsahnend Russian: не подозрева́ющий (ne podozrevájuščij) Seraiki: اݨسُچیتا‎ (aṇsucetā) Swedish: aningslös (sv) Ukrainian: яки́й не підо́зрює (jakýj ne pidózrjuje)

See also

• unware