as in unaware
not informed about or aware of something
the out-of-state motorist claimed to be oblivious of the local speed limit, even though the signs must have been hard to miss
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Recent Examples of oblivious
Authorities, apparently figuring the two were oblivious to the scheme, have shown little interest in questioning them.
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David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Parker Posey has been winning raves playing his self-medicating wife, Victoria Ratliff, who seems to be oblivious to what her husband is going through.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Beside his sleeping, oblivious wife.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The best ideas are the ones that emanate organically from the characters, like the stiff-legged dancing styles of the Scarecrow and the Tinman or the denizens of the Emerald City behaving like oblivious clubgoers at an all-night dance party.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
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David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Parker Posey has been winning raves playing his self-medicating wife, Victoria Ratliff, who seems to be oblivious to what her husband is going through.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Beside his sleeping, oblivious wife.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The best ideas are the ones that emanate organically from the characters, like the stiff-legged dancing styles of the Scarecrow and the Tinman or the denizens of the Emerald City behaving like oblivious clubgoers at an all-night dance party.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblivious
Adjective
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Many homeowners are unaware that these machines require regular maintenance.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Many Americans are unaware that government regulation of industry helped bring us these precious gains in children’s health, by keeping tuberculosis, E.coli, and yes, bird flu out of the milk people drink.—
Made by History,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This situation would be a comedy of errors if not for its ending in tragedy: Andy is ignorant of Sherry’s affections, Sherry has no notion of Crawford’s intentions, and Crawford could not care less about either of them.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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Some sellers, who may only own a home for a few years, may be ignorant of its past.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Oblivious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblivious. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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