INCONSCIENT Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

inconscient

adjective

Definition of inconscient

as in inattentive

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Adjective

That investigation led to a 2023 recall requiring software changes meant to better detect inattentive drivers and warn them.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026
This is not to say Costco shoppers are inattentive.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026

Definition of inattentive

Adjective

Like the wonderful Clover Club, raspberries have a heedless love for rose water, and that means Hendrick’s Gin.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 June 2026
The time that went into making the film shows up, most notably, during a break in the middle of the story that (avoiding spoilers) takes Ray’s heedless behavior to a logical extreme.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

Definition of heedless

Adjective

As materials pass through hubs like Singapore, their origins often become increasingly abstracted.

— Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Affecting meaningful change — or suffering from the lack of it — has become so abstracted for the rich and powerful that everything feels like entertainment to them.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025

Definition of abstracted

Adjective

The World Cup has been an amazing spectacle and, mercifully, the sport’s notorious hooligans have been largely absent.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
His death leaves Republicans with a smaller Senate majority, which could hamper the party’s voting strength with Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell already absent from the chamber due to hospitalization.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 July 2026

Definition of absent

Adjective

Still, with this inspirational true story, the streamer stands to reach a much wider public than Perry’s typical audience, reminding how much of American history remains untaught and largely untold.

— Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.

— Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024

Definition of untaught

Adjective

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud argued that speech errors could reveal hidden wishes or unconscious thoughts.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
José Guadalupe Ramos Solano José Guadalupe Ramos Solano, 36, died on March 25, 2026, after being found unconscious at the Adelanto Detention Center, California.

— Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

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