unaware

unaware
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. unwary, unwarned; oblivious, ignorant. See ignorance.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. uninformed, unknowing, oblivious, ignorant, not cognizant, unmindful, heedless, negligent, careless, insensible, forgetful, unconcerned, blind, deaf, inattentive, without notice, out of it*, square*, unhip*, out to lunch*, deaf to, dead to, caught napping, in a daze, not seeing the forest for the trees*.
Ant. conscious*, aware, cognizant.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
unconscious, unknowing, ignorant, oblivious, unsuspecting, unwitting, blind, deaf, asleep, *out to lunch, *off in space.
ANT.: aware, conscious, knowing
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Not aware or informed: ignorant, innocent, oblivious, unacquainted, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unwitting. Idiom: in the dark. See KNOWLEDGE.

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