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
Pixels are flying from shelves as users embrace the AI generation, still oblivious to most of the privacy compromises implied in over-sharing with AI assistants operating in corporate data centers.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Back home, Arya is busy with her favorite search games and word play, oblivious to her superpower.
—Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
Oh, to be oblivious like Daniel.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The plot leaps from a slightly exaggerated take on a familiar scenario to an outlandish power struggle over an oblivious man whose own agency is increasingly beside the point.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Back home, Arya is busy with her favorite search games and word play, oblivious to her superpower.
—Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
Oh, to be oblivious like Daniel.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The plot leaps from a slightly exaggerated take on a familiar scenario to an outlandish power struggle over an oblivious man whose own agency is increasingly beside the point.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblivious
Adjective
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But the Heat was unaware that Rozier was the subject of separate NBA and FBI investigations until the Wall Street Journal broke the story this past January.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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One of the camp counselors was operating the boat ferrying a group of kids to a swimming activity, but the complaint alleged that the counselor was unaware of how many children were on the boat and in the water.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But there are also Black folks who are ignorant of this.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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The pilot has moments both sweet and funny, and sets up the possibility of romance amongst the characters, as well as further high jinks from a rotating cast of license seekers and citizens ignorant of the requirements for a Real ID.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Oblivious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblivious. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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