unconscious
/ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
noun
That part of mind that is not consciously perceived.
Example Sentences
- "After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious."
- "The firefighters put on breathing apparatus and managed to find the injured. In one case, they were almost too late - one of the bystanders who had helped with the initial rescue attempts had been reported missing. They were later found unconscious, having been overcome by the fumes."
- "My sudden fright was an unconscious response."
- "It was intolerable, he felt, to sit and eat in presence of that silent figure partly turned away from him, jotting down the different amounts on a bit of paper, and absorbed in that occupation as if unconscious of his presence."
- "Reshaping [of British Railways] was far from perfect. It was tainted by statistical overreach, the unconscious biases of its author, and by the political demands being placed upon the BRB by government."
- "Sam is unconscious, filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often."
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 conscious English unconscious From un- + conscious.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/
- British English: /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəs/