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 55-year-old woman was unconscious and unresponsive when first responders arrived at the beach around 6:14 p.m. near Oriental Blvd., cops said.
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
This cocktail of conscious and unconscious quirks can create undue pain that can ultimately impact your overall health.
—Calin Van Paris, Outside, 9 Aug. 2025
The sixth suspect arrested in a viral Downtown fight is accused of striking the woman knocked unconscious and kicking a man on the ground.
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
Hyde Tyler then also encountered Wednesday, but appeared to second-guess himself and simply tossed her through a window, knocking her unconscious instead of killing her.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
This cocktail of conscious and unconscious quirks can create undue pain that can ultimately impact your overall health.
—Calin Van Paris, Outside, 9 Aug. 2025
The sixth suspect arrested in a viral Downtown fight is accused of striking the woman knocked unconscious and kicking a man on the ground.
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
Hyde Tyler then also encountered Wednesday, but appeared to second-guess himself and simply tossed her through a window, knocking her unconscious instead of killing her.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconscious
Adjective
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Investigators were then able to tie the boot to a cold case disappearance from September 1997.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Sanctuary wellness retreat will feature fitness studios, cold plunge pools, saunas and massage rooms.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Over one-third of American adults are unaware of HPV or the HPV vaccine, according to a new research letter published Thursday in the journal JAMA Oncology.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Overall, one in three adults nationally are unaware of the connection between HPV and cancer, reveals a study from the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center in South Carolina.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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To say that Babe was – and still is – bigger than life is to engage in senseless futility.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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The senseless slaying left a hole in the neighborhood, Giron said.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Note that the chart’s focus is exclusively on the trade in goods, oblivious to the global trade in services.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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She’s been in the news a lot for tone-deaf or oblivious comments.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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Joe is willfully ignorant—to national news and a lethal pandemic—but Aster didn’t write the character as a one-dimensional MAGA standee.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 July 2025
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Yet Americans are surprisingly ignorant about our past.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Unconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconscious. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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