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
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.
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Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
When his roommate checked on him a few hours later, Brent Teichman was unconscious.
—Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
The little girl was unconscious, and Sgt.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Those few villagers who miraculously lived were rendered unconscious.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
When his roommate checked on him a few hours later, Brent Teichman was unconscious.
—Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
The little girl was unconscious, and Sgt.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Those few villagers who miraculously lived were rendered unconscious.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconscious
Adjective
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Kimberly-Clark has been attempting to challenge the dominance of consumer goliath Procter & Gamble, whose business spans all drugstore aisles, including cold and digestion medicines.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Insulate With Mulch No matter the zone, crepe myrtles can benefit from additional mulch that locks in moisture and insulates the roots in cold weather.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Haseebullah also is worried about the Cybertrucks’ surveillance abilities that the public may not be unaware of, and that the fleet might give Tesla access to police data.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Jesse jokes, blithely unaware, before shooting out of bed after locking eyes with the chimp.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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This trend is unsettling, but perhaps more alarming is that large numbers of people could become so oblivious to the upside of vice as to decide that it is better pursued alone.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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This is not to say that Woody was oblivious to my problems.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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