as in oblivious
not informed about or aware of something
she was unaware of the change in travel plans
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as in suddenly
without warning
the predawn attack took the airmen completely unaware
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Recent Examples of unaware
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, David’s family has trouble locating him, unaware that he’s changed his last name to Berg.
—Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
At the time, though, Wilcox was unaware of his condition.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
His innie, unaware of this grief, toils in Lumon’s enigmatic Macrodata Refinement department (MDR), disillusioned with the monotony, the secrecy and the repressiveness of Lumon’s operations.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Bethany is a brand manager initially unaware of the singularity of her special treatment: Her air conditioning works, and her unit features crown molding and new kitchen counters.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, David’s family has trouble locating him, unaware that he’s changed his last name to Berg.
—Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
At the time, though, Wilcox was unaware of his condition.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
His innie, unaware of this grief, toils in Lumon’s enigmatic Macrodata Refinement department (MDR), disillusioned with the monotony, the secrecy and the repressiveness of Lumon’s operations.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaware
Adjective
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Such an exalted position also makes a school oblivious to what’s outside the fabled gates, no matter how many scholarships these schools award.—
David Galef/Chicago Tribune,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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Some of it is a management team that is way too bullish about its prospects without realizing — or being oblivious to — how poor performing their broader industry is.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Steph Curry was ignorant of the NBA history at stake.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
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Russia, Iran, and many other countries criticize U.S. military interventions as arrogant, ignorant of local context, and unable to fashion either stable regimes or effective security structures.—
Alexander Baunov,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Dec. 2024
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Mbaye, who now lives in Texas, told me about Diop’s passion for seeing the city from a lighthouse, and catching it unawares at dawn.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2024
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An early freeze that catches a tree unawares can do the same or can cause its leaves to turn straight from green to brown before falling off.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
18 Oct. 2024
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“Unaware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaware. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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