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^[1], 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) (anteġyak)
• Bengali: গাফেল (bn) (gaphel)
• 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