as in oblivious
not informed about or aware of something
she was unaware of the change in travel plans
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as in suddenly
without warning
the predawn attack took the airmen completely unaware
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as in ignorance
the state of being unaware or uninformed
the college-educated couple's smug unawareness of current events was both surprising and sad
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Recent Examples of unaware
Niamh Rowe, Quartz, 29 May 2025
New complications arose when those couples had children who grew up in the West unaware of their parents’ real identities.
—Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
Williams' lawyer disputed the affidavit, saying his client was unaware of the inmates' escape plan.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 27 May 2025
The parents were completely unaware of who was behind them until the daughter showed them the photos.
—Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
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Adjective
Lawmakers remain uninformed or in denial, Amodei said, while corporate leaders are reluctant to speak candidly, leaving most workers unaware of the looming risks.
—Niamh Rowe, Quartz, 29 May 2025
New complications arose when those couples had children who grew up in the West unaware of their parents’ real identities.
—Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
Williams' lawyer disputed the affidavit, saying his client was unaware of the inmates' escape plan.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 27 May 2025
The parents were completely unaware of who was behind them until the daughter showed them the photos.
—Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaware
Adjective
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Photograph by Bettmann / Getty Paul Mantz, who’d remained Earhart’s technical adviser, was at an aviation competition in St. Louis, oblivious to her latest plans.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Save for one completely unconvincing arc in Episode 5, Anton isn’t as oblivious as the rest of his friends.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 May 2025
Noun
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But this also speaks to the ignorance of those doing the projecting, who disregarded (in the case of Documenta 15) the complexities and nuances of Indonesian art, cultural policy, and history over the past thirty years.—
Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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One of the key themes of Part II is the fact that everyone is only seeing things from their perspective; all these characters who are suffering loss and passing that suffering on to others are doing so in ignorance.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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Simone, still at the hospital, remains blissfully ignorant of Kiki’s vengeful turn.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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Conservative media, once a proud home to voices like Charles Krauthammer, Jonah Goldberg, and Bill Kristol, now platforms ignorant Trump sycophants who have no use for conservative principles — or principles of any kind.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
Adverb
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The swiftness with which the market changed their stripes caught us unawares and big gains weren’t taken.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2025
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Mbaye, who now lives in Texas, told me about Diop’s passion for seeing the city from a lighthouse, and catching it unawares at dawn.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2024
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“Unaware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaware. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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