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
CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025
At the time, it was revealed that Boseman’s co-stars, filmmakers, and other Hollywood colleagues were unaware of Boseman’s four-year fight.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Many Pakistanis remain unaware of insurance benefits or harbor misconceptions about its compatibility with religious beliefs.
—Murtaza Ali, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
On Wednesday, The Atlantic published more material from the Signal group chat in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials discussed an imminent attack on Yemen, unaware that The Atlantic’s editor had been added to the group.
—Trish Bendix, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Getty Images Hackman may have been unaware Arakawa, 65, was dead.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025
At the time, it was revealed that Boseman’s co-stars, filmmakers, and other Hollywood colleagues were unaware of Boseman’s four-year fight.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Many Pakistanis remain unaware of insurance benefits or harbor misconceptions about its compatibility with religious beliefs.
—Murtaza Ali, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
On Wednesday, The Atlantic published more material from the Signal group chat in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials discussed an imminent attack on Yemen, unaware that The Atlantic’s editor had been added to the group.
—Trish Bendix, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaware
Adjective
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Around us, tanks hummed with activity—tiny creatures darting about, oblivious to the struggles of the people who had built this operation from the ground up.—
Stephan Lendi,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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A lot of Maryland residents who enjoy their summer at the ocean might be oblivious to how this change might affect their upcoming vacations.—
Gretchen Holland,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Related Stories Whoever says this is unskilled work is either ignorant or lying.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Apr. 2025
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Beth and her husband Frank’s willfully ignorant marital bliss is upended when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog that belongs to Gabriel, Beth’s teenage love.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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