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unaware

un·a·ware
U u

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhn-uh-wair]
    • /ˌʌn əˈwɛər/
    • /ˌʌn.əˈweər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhn-uh-wair]
    • /ˌʌn əˈwɛər/

Definitions of unaware word

  • adjective unaware not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change. 1
  • abbreviation UNAWARE unawares. 1
  • adjective unaware not knowing 1
  • adjective unaware with clause: not knowing 1
  • noun unaware not knowing sth 1
  • adverb unaware unexpectedly, without warning 1

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Origin of unaware

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
1585-95; un-1 + aware; compare Middle English unywar (see y-)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Unaware

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

unaware popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

unaware usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for unaware

adj unaware

  • airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
  • blind — Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
  • brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
  • deaf — Someone who is deaf is unable to hear anything or is unable to hear very well.
  • hot-headed — hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.

adv unaware

  • all at once — If something happens all at once, it happens suddenly, often when you are not expecting it to happen.
  • all of a sudden — If something happens all of a sudden, it happens quickly and unexpectedly.
  • in the dark — having very little or no light: a dark room.

adjective unaware

  • amnesic — a person affected by amnesia.
  • apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
  • catatonic — If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs.
  • cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
  • fatuous — foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.

adverb unaware

Antonyms for unaware

adv unaware

  • abreast — If people or things walk or move abreast, they are next to each other, side by side, and facing in the same direction.
  • in line — (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.

adj unaware

  • advertent — paying attention; heedful
  • agleam — glowing; gleaming
  • aglow — If something is aglow, it is shining and bright with a soft, warm light.
  • alive to — fully aware of; perceiving
  • all ears — If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen.

adjective unaware

  • alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
  • alive — If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
  • apprized — Simple past tense and past participle of apprize.
  • awake — Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
  • centrefold — A centrefold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.

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