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Recent Examples of oblivious 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 Noah, oblivious to the shambling going on in my head, ordered something so specific to this restaurant that were we to disclose it our cover would be blown. Eddie Huang, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2025 And when that fish, in turn, succumbs to the claws of a bald eagle, its DDT dense meat becomes a poisonous lunch for an oblivious bird. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oblivious
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Adjective
  • The adolescent protagonist soon finds himself at the mercy of his imperious uncle, who puts his nephew out on the street for missing a midnight curfew, of which poor Karl was quite unaware.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Skarsgård is unaware that the exchange got any kind of play online.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • So what will our ignorant commissioner do with the information?
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But criticism quickly began to pile in on Chinese social media, where users denounced the advertising stunt as ignorant of the potential environmental impacts in a remote and pristine ecosystem.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Oblivious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblivious. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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