unaware

un- +‎ aware

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnəˈwɛə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnəˈweːɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

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.

   • 1989, Journal of contemporary psychotherapy‎, volume 19:

     The more unaware the self is of other selves, that is, the more complete the splits, the greater the degree of schizoid pathology.

2. Not noticing; paying no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
   • 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love:

     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.

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

• unawares adverb

• unware