Unaware

Definition: Unaware

Unaware

Adjective

1. (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known".

2. Not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment".

3. (often followed by `of') lacking knowledge or awareness; "incognizant of the new political situation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unaware" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Synonyms: Unaware

Ignorance

Adjective: ignorant; nescient; unknowing, unaware, unacquainted, unapprised, unapprized, unwitting, unweeting, unconscious; witless, weetless; a stranger to; unconversant.

Inexpectation

Adjective: nonexpectant; surprised; Verb: unwarned, unaware; off one's guard; inattentive.

Crosswords: Unaware

I found him in the jungle when I bought the estate, dressed in the uniform of a Japanese soldier, unaware for many years that the war was over. (American Ninja; writing credit: Gideon Amir; Paul De Mielche)

Perhaps insignificant to you, but sometimes I think we're unaware of how the little things for us can be so huge for others. (Barbershop; writing credit: Mark Brown)

Pople unaware they're bleeding (You Get What You Give; performing artist: New Radicals)

Pops for all the talks and all the wisdom he shared Unaware i just did what i (Youth Of The Nation; performing artist: P.O.D.)

An Angel Unaware (1914)

Angels Unaware (1912)

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Books

• A nation unaware : the Canadian economic culture (reference)

• Angel Unaware (reference)

• Angels Unaware (reference)

• Entertaining Angels Unaware (reference)

• Living in Perspective: Angels Unaware (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Entertaining Angels Unaware (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Pilot evacuates his burning F6F-3 fighter after landing unaware that it was on fire, during the Gilberts Operation, 24 November 1943. Firefighters are rushing to the plane, and put out the flames in a minute and a half, with no casualties. The fire started as the "Hellcat" approached Cowpens for an emergency landing. The pilot was Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Alfred W. Magee, Jr., USNR. The plane was Bureau # 66101. Credit: NAVY.

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Health

They appear unaware of others' feelings toward them and of the negative impact of their behavior on other people. (references)

Physicians, diabetes educators, and patients and their families are sometimes unaware of this potential complication. (references)

A stroke patient may be unaware of his or her surroundings, or may be unaware of the mental deficits that resulted from the stroke. (references)

Business

Conversely, China is unaware of the potential role that U.S. products and services might play in the development of its port technology sector. (references)

British vacationers typically think of Florida and California, and to a lesser extent Arizona, when they plan sun holidays and are often unaware of attractive sun and beach venues available in other states. (references)

However, according to Yano Economic Research, in Japan the total number of reimbursable HIT diseases is 18. In many instances, Japanese patients are unaware of the availability of HIT as an alternative treatment. (references)

Children

Spain

Truancy and dropout rates among Roma are very high, and Romani parents, over 80 percent of whom are functionally illiterate, often do not see the value of an education or are unaware of the educational opportunities for their children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kenya

Sheikh was released on bail and filed a complaint; the Government claimed that it was unaware of Sheikh's complaint and that Sheikh could not be found. (references)

Czech Republic

The law does not provide benefits to those who were denied citizenship and benefits and expelled between 1993 and 1999. Many local authorities and Roma also apparently were unaware that any changes to the citizenship law had been made. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

Many consumers in Ukraine are unaware of competitive pricing and quality assurance. (references)

Panama

Embassy is unaware of any outright expropriation of property by the Panamanian government in recent years. (references)

Czech Rep

The Embassy is unaware of any expropriation of foreign investment having taken place since the 1989 Velvet Revolution. (references)

Human Rights

Nepal

Consequently, those persons unaware of their rights may be deprived of legal representation. (references)

Kazakhstan

Human rights organizations allege that many prisoners are unaware of this provision of the law. (references)

Russia

Many of the juveniles are from orphanages, have no outside support, and are unaware of their rights. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

However, many practitioners of traditional indigenous religions are unaware of societal discrimination and have not complained. (references)

Political Economy

Namibia

Discrimination against indigenous persons persisted, especially in remote rural areas where indigenous people often were unaware of their rights. (references)

OMAN

That said, foreign workers are typically unaware of their right to take disputes over contract enforcement to the Labor Welfare Board or are afraid that questions regarding their employment status will result in deportation. (references)

Trade

Mexico

Many Mexican companies may have difficulty accessing financing under these programs, however, or may be unaware that they exist. (references)

Women

Marshall Islands

The Government is unaware of violence against prostitutes, although it assumes that it exists. (references)

Venezuela

In addition, poor women generally are unaware of legal remedies and have little access to them. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

Many workers are unaware of their rights because of their lack of education. (references)

Poland

Many are unaware and are not told that under Polish law prostitution is not a crime. (references)

Romania

According to the IOM, most women were unaware that they would be forced into prostitution. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "unaware": at unaware ♦ be unaware ♦ be unaware of ♦ be unaware of danger ♦ be unaware of smth. ♦ be unaware that ♦ he is so unaware ♦ not unaware of smth.. Additional references.

Albanian

i pavetëdijshëm (insensible, instinctive), i pandërgjegjësuar, i paangazhuar (disengaged, offscreen, uncommitted). (various references)

Arabic 

‏من غير قصد (accidentally, unawares), ‏لا شعوريا (unawares), ‏غير مدرك (indiscernible, insensible, intangible, unrealizable), ‏جاهل (artless, benighted, blockhead, ignorant, illiterate, innocent, nescient, primitive, raw, rude, simple, unlettered, untaught). (various references)

Bulgarian 

който не чувствува, който не знае (incognizant), който не забелязва. (various references)

Chinese 

未察觉, 不覺察 . (various references)

Czech

nevìdomý (unconscious). (various references)

Farsi 

ناگهان (Aback, Abrupt, Bolt, Slapdash, Sudden, Unawares), ناخوداگاهانه (Unawares), ناخوداگاه (Subconscious, Unawares, Unconscious), غفلتا (Slapdash, Unawares), سراسیمه (Headfirst, Headlong, Pellmell, Unawares), بی خبر (Sudden, Unawares, Unconscious, Unwitting). (various references)

Finnish

tietämätön (ignorant, in the dark, unacquainted). (various references)

French

inconscient (unconscious), ignorant (unenlightened, untaught). (various references)

German

laienhaft (amateurish, amateurishly, inexpert, inexpertly, lay, unprofessional), in Unkenntnis. (various references)

Greek 

αγνοών (ignorant, unconscious, unwitting), απληροφόρητοσ (unapprised, uninformed). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא מו�"ע. (various references)

Hungarian

nincs tudatában vminek (to be unaware of sg, to be unwitting of sg), nem tud vmiről (to be unaware of sg, to be unwitting of sg). (various references)

Indonesian

tak sadar (asleep, daze). (various references)

Italian

inconscio (insensible, unconscious), inconsapevole (incognizant, inconscious, insensible, oblivious, unconscious), ignaro (ignorant, oblivious). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

無自覚 (unaware or unmindful of, unconsciousness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

むじかく (unaware or unmindful of, unconsciousness). (various references)

Korean 

모른. (various references)

Manx

anoayllagh rish (unaccustomed). (various references)

Pig Latin

awareunay

Portuguese

sem ter sido informado, sem notar, que não percebe (unapprehensive), inconsciente (automatic, automatical, insensible, unconscious), ignorante (artless, benighted, dunce, heathen, ignoramus, ignorant, know-nothing, letterless, nescient, unacquainted, unconscious, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, unintelligent, unlearned, unlettered, unnurtured, unposted, unschooled, untaught, untutored, unversed), desconhecedor (ignorant, incognizant, stranger, unacquainted, uninformed, unversed). (various references)

Russian 

неподозревающий (unsuspicious). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nesvestan (aware: not aware, conscienceless, oblivious, unconscious, unwitting). (various references)

Spanish

inconsciente (insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, senseless, thoughtless, unacquainted, unconscious, unwitting), desprevenido (unprepared, unsuspecting, unsuspectingly). (various references)

Swedish

ovetande (ignorant, incognizant, unbeknown, unknowing, unwitting), omedveten (inapprehensive, insensible, unconscious). (various references)

Turkish

habersiz (ignorant, in the dark, insensible, insensible of, not knowing, oblivious, unannounced, unbeknown, unbeknownst, unconscious, uninformed, unknowing, unwitting, without notice), haberi olmayan (incognizant, unposted), farkında olmayan (insensible, unconscious, unwitting), farkında değil (insensible of, not aware, not aware of), dikkatsiz (careless, freewheeling, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, incurious, lax, listless, mindless, regardless, remiss, slipshod, unheedful, unheeding, unobservant, unregardful, unseeing, unwary), önemsemeyen (heedless). (various references)

Ukrainian

який не підозрю�" (unsuspicious). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không hay (unhappy, uninformed, uninteresting, unknowing, unlucky), không biết (incognizant, unfamiliar, unknown). (various references)

ignorans, ignorante, ignorantem, ignorantes, ignorantia, ignorantibus, inprudens, inprudentem, inprudentes, inprudenti, inprudentis, inprudentium, insciens, nescio, nescius. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "unaware": unawarely, unawareness, unawarenesses, unawares. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Unaware" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bunwaree, Hunawihr, Munawir, Nazarev, Nuwara, Odawara, unawair, unawar, unawarded. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: anear, arena, aurae, aware, rewan, ruana.

-3 letters: anew, area, aura, earn, near, rune, urea, wane, ware, warn, waur, wean, wear, wren.

-4 letters: ana, ane, are, awa, awe, awn, ear, eau, era, ern, nae, naw, new, ran, raw, rue, run, urn, wae, wan, war, wen.

-5 letters: aa, ae, an, ar, aw, en, er, na, ne.

+1 letter: unawares.

+2 letters: unawarded, unawarely.

+3 letters: unwearable.

+4 letters: quartersawn, unawareness, unwarranted.

+5 letters: caterwauling, unanswerable, unanswerably, warehouseman.