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Webster 1913 Edition


Unaware

Unˊa-ware′

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Adj.
Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
Swift.

Unˊa-ware′

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adv.
Unawares.
[Poetic]
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unaware

UNAWA'RE

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Adj.
Without thought, inattentive.

UNAWA'RE

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Definition 2024


unaware

unaware

English

Adjective

unaware (comparative more unaware, superlative most unaware)

  1. Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge.
    I'm unaware of the answer to that question.
    Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison.
  2. Not noticing; paying no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
    • Jonathan Swift
      Or on the mat devoutly kneeling,
      Would lift her eyes up to the ceiling,
      And heave her bosom unaware
      For neighbouring beaux to see it bare.

Synonyms

  • (not aware or informed; lacking knowledge): clueless

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