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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
Westerman’s Toyota minivan was discovered lying on its roof about 30 feet deep in Monterey Bay, and rescue swimmers broke a window to pull him out, unconscious.
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Officers responding to a medical call request found Pizzitola lying unconscious on the sidewalk; he was pronounced dead after being transported to a hospital, police said.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Even our unconscious self wants to live.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Naroditsky was discovered unconscious on a couch by his friends, fellow grandmaster Oleksandr Bortnyk and Charlotte Chess Center founder Peter Giannatos, who visited his home after being unable to reach him, NBC News reported.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Officers responding to a medical call request found Pizzitola lying unconscious on the sidewalk; he was pronounced dead after being transported to a hospital, police said.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Even our unconscious self wants to live.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Naroditsky was discovered unconscious on a couch by his friends, fellow grandmaster Oleksandr Bortnyk and Charlotte Chess Center founder Peter Giannatos, who visited his home after being unable to reach him, NBC News reported.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconscious
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After playing a career-best game to tip off the season, pouring in 31 points against Indiana State, Bradford has gone cold from beyond the arc in the past two games, not attempting a three against Tennessee Tech and missing all five of his attempts on Tuesday night.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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To balance their regular caseload, Landrum said Moore police detectives passed the baton to the US Marshals, who specialized in tracking criminals across state lines and solving cold cases.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Dumb and Dumber Two incredibly stupid friends embark on a cross-country road trip to return a briefcase full of money, completely unaware that it was meant for criminals.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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Hundreds of companies, frequently unaware of the workings of satellite communications systems, were sending their data via those satellites without end-to-end encryption, which is a standard in today's secure internet communication.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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If genre-faithful true crime seeks sense in motive, Kraus is seeking those senseless systems that both produce violence and strip it of meaning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Brown bagging is one of those social practices that continues to feel senseless even after it’s been explained.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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Michael Jackson’s star got a photo, as did Jennifer Aniston’s, while Judy Garland’s star only got a finger point and countless others drew nothing more than an oblivious glance.—
Oren Peleg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Nov. 2025
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In fact, the term itself was an epithet throughout the founding era, a way to describe ignorant and easily deceived popular majorities, perpetually vulnerable to demagogues.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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International students are close to entirely ignorant of Canadian history and politics.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Unconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconscious. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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