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
Cortney Fries, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
How red states get hurt the most There is a significant geographic disparity in NIH funding that most people are unaware of.
—Mitzi Nagarkatti, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
The fact that so many of Hamas’ political leaders – who have for years live abroad in Qatar and Turkey – were unaware of the plan to attack Israel on October 7 speaks to the relative supremacy of resistance over governance within the movement.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
The other side: Opponents dismissed the argument that manufacturers were unaware of PFAS' dangers.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The staff was unaware of the superstardom that awaited the singer-songwriter.
—Cortney Fries, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
How red states get hurt the most There is a significant geographic disparity in NIH funding that most people are unaware of.
—Mitzi Nagarkatti, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
The fact that so many of Hamas’ political leaders – who have for years live abroad in Qatar and Turkey – were unaware of the plan to attack Israel on October 7 speaks to the relative supremacy of resistance over governance within the movement.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
The other side: Opponents dismissed the argument that manufacturers were unaware of PFAS' dangers.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaware
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What follows is a quest for somebody named Ralph Sampson, recently on the lam—born poor, grown rich, and, according to his daughter, wholly oblivious to the needs of the Mexican workers on his ranch, not far from Bakersfield, who are now on strike.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Children were playing badminton, oblivious of the ancient church looming behind them.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Musk’s blind and ignorant closing of USAID has blacked out our billboard to the world of what America is about.—
Llewellyn King,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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For one thing, Overstreet seemed set on portraying Black history in a way that was neither overly dour nor entirely ignorant of past violence.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
4 Feb. 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 19 Mar. 2025.
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