unaware
/ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not noticing; paying no heed.
Example Sentences
- "I'm unaware of the answer to that question."
- "Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison."
- "The more unaware the self is of other selves, that is, the more complete the splits, the greater the degree of schizoid pathology."
- "In 1825, the first public railway carried passengers across the English countryside, setting in motion not just an engineering revolution, but an industrial one too. Imagine the awe and excitement of those first passengers as they boarded the train, unaware that they were witnessing the dawn of a new era."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English aware English unaware From un- + aware.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/
- British English: /ˌʌnəˈwɛə/
Inflected Forms
more unaware (comparative)
most unaware (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
self-unaware
unawares adverb