Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not aware or cognizant.
- adverb Unawares.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not aware; not heeding; heedless; unmindful: often used adverbially.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
- adverb Poetic Unawares.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
aware orinformed ; lackingknowledge
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (often followed by `of') not aware
Etymologies
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Examples
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Unfortunately, most victims -- like the St. John's students -- remain unaware of these safeguards.
Louis Klarevas: Scholarship Slavery: Does St. John's 'Dean of Mean' Represent a New Face of Human Trafficking? Louis Klarevas 2010
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Unfortunately, most victims -- like the St. John's students -- remain unaware of these safeguards.
Louis Klarevas: Scholarship Slavery: Does St. John's 'Dean of Mean' Represent a New Face of Human Trafficking? Louis Klarevas 2010
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Pride At Work, for those who are unaware, is the gay union group so it makes sense that they would be quick to pump the rally since unions were one of the main organizers.
Bil Browning: One Nation: The progressive march that wasn't Bil Browning 2010
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The cherry on top of my sundae is that you remain unaware of your fringe status.
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Christopher Borrelli at The Chicago Tribune is reporting that at least one-fourth of the audience at the screening he attended last weekend walked out, apparently having walked in unaware what type of movie they were going to be shown:
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Pride At Work, for those who are unaware, is the gay union group so it makes sense that they would be quick to pump the rally since unions were one of the main organizers.
Bil Browning: One Nation: The progressive march that wasn't Bil Browning 2010
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Pride At Work, for those who are unaware, is the gay union group so it makes sense that they would be quick to pump the rally since unions were one of the main organizers.
Bil Browning: One Nation: The progressive march that wasn't Bil Browning 2010
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Exactly what number of users will remain unaware of this security incident during this period of time?
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Most people remain unaware of the more rapid warming that has occurred within major cities.
February 27th, 2007 2007
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But I doubt you will remain unaware of the several coincidences that begin to pile up toward the conclusion.
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