unaware
UK/ˌʌnəˈwɛə//ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/
unaware adjective: not aware or informed; lacking knowledge; unmindful.
Adjective
unaware (comparative more unaware, superlative most unaware)
- Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge; unmindful.
- I'm unaware of the answer to that question.
- Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison.
- Synonyms:
- clueless
- Not noticing; paying no heed.
- 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.1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love
- Synonyms:
- unthinking, insensible, inattentive, oblivious
- Or on the mat devoutly kneeling,
unaware meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
unaware in Hindi
- not aware or informed
- अनजान anjān, अनभिज्ञ anbhijña
- not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
- अनभिज्ञ anbhijña
unaware in Urdu
- unaware, ignorant, unseen
- نادیدہ nādīdā
- unaware, uninformed
- بے خبر be-xabar
- unaware, inexperienced
- بچہ bacca
unaware in Bengali
- not aware or informed
- গাফেল gaphel
- not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
- গাফেল gafel
unaware in Malayalam
- unknowing, ignorant, unconscious
- ബോധവാനല്ലാത്ത, അറിഞ്ഞുകൂടാത്ത, അനഭിജ്ഞം, അജ്ഞനായ, അറിവില്ലാത്ത, വിവരമില്ലാത്ത
More languagesFewer languages
- unaware in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿಯದ, ತಿಳಿಯದ ಹಾಗೆ
- unaware in Punjabi
- بچہ baccah
- unaware in Tagalog
- dinaiino, dinakaiino
Examples of unaware in a sentence
- The more unaware the self is of other selves, that is, the more complete the splits, the greater the degree of schizoid pathology.1989, Journal of contemporary psychotherapy, volume 19:
- Imagine the awe and excitement of those first passengers as they boarded the train, unaware that they were witnessing the dawn of a new era.2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:
Synonyms of unaware
Forms of unaware
| comparative | more unaware |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unaware |
Origin of unaware
From un- + aware.
Words formed from unaware
- self-unaware
- unawarely
- unawareness
- unawares adverb
Words that rhyme with unaware
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about unaware
- What does unaware mean?
- Unaware means not aware or informed; lacking knowledge; unmindful.
- What is unaware in Hindi?
- Unaware in Hindi is अनजान (anjān), अनभिज्ञ (anbhijña). See Unaware meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use unaware in a sentence?
- The more unaware the self is of other selves, that is, the more complete the splits, the greater the degree of schizoid pathology.
- What part of speech is unaware?
- Unaware is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unaware?
- Unaware is pronounced /ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/ (US).
Words near unaware in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unaware (page history and authors); بچہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); unaware (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unaware (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بچہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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