unawareadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˌʌn.əˈweər/us/ˌʌn.əˈwer/B2 not understanding or realizing something:
[ + that ] He was unaware that the police were watching him.
I was completely unaware of the problem.
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- All this time I was blissfully unaware of the situation.
- There is a large body of people who are unaware of their basic rights.
- They were unaware of the rising tide.
- I was unaware that she was unhappy.
- We were unaware that there had been a problem.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unaware
- be in the dark idiom
- be on another planet idiom
- benighted
- blind
- blind spot
- blissful
- fail
- faint
- ignorance is bliss idiom
- ignorant
- ill-informed
- illiterate
- in blissful ignorance idiom
- lost
- unbeknownst
- unconscious
- uneducated
- unfamiliar
- unknowing
- unnoticed
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