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Webster 1913 Edition


unconscious

un-con′scious

(ŭn-kŏn′shŭs)
,
Adj.
1.
Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant;
as, an
unconscious
man
.
Cowper.
2.
Not known or apprehended by consciousness; resulting from neural activity of which a person is not aware;
as, an
unconscious
movement;
unconscious
cerebration
.
Unconscious causes.”
Blackmore.
3.
Having no knowledge by experience; – followed by of;
as, a mule
unconscious
of the yoke
.
Pope.
Un-con′scious-ly
,
adv.
Un-con′scious-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unconscious

UNCON'SCIOUS

,
Adj.
1.
Not conscious; having no mental perception; as unconscious causes.
2.
Not conscious; not knowing; not perceiving; as unconscious of guilt or error.

Definition 2024


unconscious

unconscious

English

Adjective

unconscious (comparative more unconscious, superlative most unconscious)

  1. Not awake; having no awareness.
    She lay unconscious on the floor.
  2. Without directed thought or awareness.
    My sudden fright was an unconscious response.
  3. (sports) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
    • 1998, Charles Rosen, The Cockroach Basketball League, page 144
      Sam is unconscious, filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.
    • 1999, Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, page 10
      "I was unconscious," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."
    • 2002, Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure, page 292
      Someone who has reeled off a string of baskets will say, "I was unconscious," as if he were following the Zen injunction to be mindful while suspending thought.

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Noun

unconscious (plural unconsciouses)

  1. (psychology) Unconscious mind

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