as in oblivious
not informed about or aware of something
she was unaware of the change in travel plans
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as in suddenly
without warning
the predawn attack took the airmen completely unaware
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Recent Examples of unaware
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Being a detective in Cambridge is not a side of Britishness that America is unaware of.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
Schmidt's partner initially waited hours at the airport, unaware that Schmidt had been detained.
—Jason Lemon, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Hackman, in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's, apparently was unaware that his wife was dead.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Some lawmakers are unaware of the scope of the sprawling Senate bill.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Being a detective in Cambridge is not a side of Britishness that America is unaware of.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
Schmidt's partner initially waited hours at the airport, unaware that Schmidt had been detained.
—Jason Lemon, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Hackman, in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's, apparently was unaware that his wife was dead.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaware
Adjective
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Fifty-three and childless when the foundation opened its doors, Barnes was not oblivious to the need to arrange its future beyond his lifetime.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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Best’s dive buddy Pascal was diving underwater, oblivious to the danger.—
Don Riddell,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Another director might have shied away from such minutiae or worse, be completely ignorant of them.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Consider that Mahmoud Khalil, an anti-war protester and recent graduate of Columbia University, was arrested on a Saturday night by ICE agents who appeared ignorant of his status as a legal U.S. resident and his rights thereof.—
Nisha Whitehead,
Orange County Register,
16 Mar. 2025
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Mbaye, who now lives in Texas, told me about Diop’s passion for seeing the city from a lighthouse, and catching it unawares at dawn.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2024
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An early freeze that catches a tree unawares can do the same or can cause its leaves to turn straight from green to brown before falling off.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
18 Oct. 2024
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“Unaware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaware. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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