Dictionary

unaware en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌnəˈweːɹ/ (Scotland)
• /ˌʌnəˈwɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English aware English unaware From un- + aware.

Meanings

1. Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge; unmindful.
   • Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison.
   • I'm unaware of the answer to that question.
   • The more unaware the self is of other selves, that is, the more complete the splits, the greater the degree of schizoid pathology. 1989, Journal of contemporary psychotherapy, volume 19:
   • In 1825, the first public railway carried passengers across the English countryside, setting in motion not just an engineering revolution, but an industrial one too. Imagine the awe and excitement of those first passengers as they boarded the train, unaware that they were witnessing the dawn of a new era. 2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:
2. Not noticing; paying no heed.
   • 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. 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love:

Forms

Deriveds

unawareness · unawares adverb · self-unaware · unawarely

Relateds

unware

Synonyms

insensible · unthinking · oblivious · inattentive · clueless (not aware or informed, lacking knowledge)

Translations (37)

la inscius (not aware or informed) · it inconsapevole (not aware or informed) · fi epätietoinen (not aware or informed) · pdt onweetent (not aware or informed) · ru не зна́ющий (not aware or informed) · pl nieświadomy (not aware or informed) · skr اݨسُچیتا (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · de nicht wissend (not aware or informed) · fi tietämätön (not aware or informed) · es ignorante (not aware or informed) · de nicht bemerkend (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · ro neprevenit (not aware or informed) · fi tietämätön (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · ro neștiutor (not aware or informed) · pt inconsciente (not aware or informed) · bn গাফেল (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · de unaufmerksam (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · de unwissend (not aware or informed) · tl dinaiino (not aware or informed) · pl nieuważny (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · ca ignorant (not aware or informed) · hi अनभिज्ञ (not aware or informed) · ru не подозрева́ющий (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · hi अनभिज्ञ (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · fr inconscient (not aware or informed) · de nichtsahnend (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · hy անտեղյակ (not aware or informed) · es inconsciente (not aware or informed) · sv aningslös (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · it ignaro (not aware or informed) · tl dinakaiino (not aware or informed) · uk яки́й не зна́є (not aware or informed) · hi अनजान (not aware or informed) · de gedankenlos (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · es desprevenido (not aware or informed) · uk яки́й не підо́зрює (not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive) · bn গাফেল (not aware or informed)