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
Aasif Mandvi and Christopher Fitzgerald barely register as Jane and Julia’s oblivious husbands, while Consuelos, who plays Maurice as a suave cuckolder with a dodgy European accent, should probably stick to daytime TV.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Then, 15 meters later, a clueless cameraman stepped onto lane 1 from the infield, oblivious to the approaching pack.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
To this lesson, as to so many ironies screaming out from his prose, Tillman appears oblivious.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
His collaborators remained unaware — or kept willfully oblivious — about the allegations.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
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Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Then, 15 meters later, a clueless cameraman stepped onto lane 1 from the infield, oblivious to the approaching pack.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
To this lesson, as to so many ironies screaming out from his prose, Tillman appears oblivious.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
His collaborators remained unaware — or kept willfully oblivious — about the allegations.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblivious
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In the series’ third season, Primal got gnarlier by bringing protagonist Spear (voiced by Aaron LaPlante) back from the dead but keeping the character unaware of his new zombie status.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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It was inspired by a real-life account of a French diplomat who has a Chinese mistress for 20 years, seemingly unaware that his paramour is actually a man, and a Communist spy.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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But even for someone like myself, totally ignorant to the lore and not really seeking to change that, the Star Wars universe can look genuinely interesting, and some games every now and then manage to tap into that potential.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
30 Apr. 2026
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Jahmil Eady – Freaky As gentrifiers take over her neighborhood, a Gullah Geechee woman, Annabelle (Melanie Nicholls-King) calls on ancestral knowledge, which has dire consequences for the newcomers who have begun to take over the land, ignorant of its history.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Oblivious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblivious. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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