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
Back home, Arya is busy with her favorite search games and word play, oblivious to her superpower.
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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
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
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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
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
See All Example Sentences for oblivious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblivious
Adjective
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His fellow students were largely unaware of his baseball stardom.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
13 Oct. 2025
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Most of our friends were unaware of what was happening.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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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At the time, central Appalachia was widely depicted in the popular press as a backward, ignorant region whose mountainous terrain kept its people isolated, outside the flow of progress – a stereotype still common today.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Oblivious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblivious. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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