1
as in cold
having lost consciousness
the guard was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head
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as in unaware
not informed about or aware of something
unconscious of the somber expression she wore
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Recent Examples of unconscious
The rock wall offered no handholds, and the waves might easily have beaten us unconscious on the rocks.
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Jim Hoagland, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
Shortly thereafter the pair was found unconscious on a park bench.
—Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026
Primarily through his method of free association, with the patient supine on a couch and the doctor hidden from view, the doctor and patient would bring these unconscious conflicts to the surface and thereby break their power.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
In December, a German man was found guilty of drugging and raping his unconscious wife over several years and filming the assaults.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
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Jim Hoagland, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
Shortly thereafter the pair was found unconscious on a park bench.
—Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026
Primarily through his method of free association, with the patient supine on a couch and the doctor hidden from view, the doctor and patient would bring these unconscious conflicts to the surface and thereby break their power.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
In December, a German man was found guilty of drugging and raping his unconscious wife over several years and filming the assaults.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconscious
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Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter who covers the death penalty, cold case investigations and breaking news for USA TODAY.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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In Milan, Pietrantoni had just worked with a design studio on an installation with cold lighting, which was drawing interested crowds.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2026
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In Hokum, a horror writer visits an Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, unaware that the property is said to be haunted by a witch.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
1 May 2026
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Most Derby-goers are unaware the Mansion even exists due to its secret, high-security location.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
30 Apr. 2026
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Equally senseless is an Amtrak proposal that would allow people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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But his senseless death has informed the thinking of today’s law enforcement leaders, who are working, strategizing and innovating to try to prevent such tragedies from happening again.—
Andrew S. Boutros,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth seems oblivious to recent prior experience with infectious diseases in the military.—
Arthur Caplan,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Apr. 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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“Unconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconscious. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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