unselfconscious

adjective

un·​self·​con·​scious ˌən-ˌself-ˈkän(t)-shəs 

variants or less commonly unself-conscious

: not self-conscious

Ray's humility … was profound and unselfconscious and one of the most astonishing things about him.

—Jay McInerney

unselfconscious laughter

unselfconsciously adverb

or less commonly unself-consciously

speaking/laughing unselfconsciously

It is the architect's duty, therefore, to create unselfconsciously beautiful structures that bring harmony and order to the world.

—Jon Krakauer

unselfconsciousness noun

or less commonly unself-consciousness

Examples of unselfconscious in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her banter is friendly, unselfconscious and grateful. —Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2024

Laura Dannen Redman July 25, 2024 7:08 AM EDT Deep in the desert of AlUla, a one hour and forty-five -minute flight northwest of Riyadh, unselfconscious whooping echoes around the red-rock canyons of Sharaan Nature Reserve. —Laura Dannen Redman, TIME, 25 July 2024

The Americans had coveted Cuba ever since the time of the Revolutionary War, and in Washington, the debate about taking ownership of the 750-mile-long island that stretched languorously so near American shores was open and unselfconscious. —Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021

Before an injury took her out of the season, Tiler Peck, partnered by the scrupulous Tyler Angle, displayed a sweeping, unselfconscious musicality seemingly driven from deep within. —Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above