Definitions

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  • adjective Extremely aware; much more alert to stimuli than normal

Etymologies

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hyper- +‎ aware

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Examples

  • Hunting will stay safe so long as weremain hyperaware that anyone can unleash a load of pellets in the wrongdirection.

    Safety Lessons Learned from the Dick Cheney Shooting Accident 2006

  • says his 2007 DUI arrest has made him "hyperaware" of getting behind the wheel after having just one drink.

    Usmagazine.com celebrity_news 2009

  • says his 2007 DUI arrest has made him "hyperaware" of getting behind the wheel after having just one drink.

    The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories 2009

  • That year I got to the point when Harris wanted to play war and called the pigs "Commie Japs" and I stopped, suddenly hyperaware of how that must sound to my Japanese student.

    Monica Edinger: Everyone's a Little Bit Book Bannerish Monica Edinger 2010

  • That year I got to the point when Harris wanted to play war and called the pigs "Commie Japs" and I stopped, suddenly hyperaware of how that must sound to my Japanese student.

    Monica Edinger: Everyone's a Little Bit Book Bannerish Monica Edinger 2010

  • And hyperaware that April is Sexual Assault Month, with all of the BARCC stuff and posts all over the blogosphere, and I love what I do for BARCC, but I can get exhausted.

    Odin's Day jimhines 2009

  • My worry about this is that the blogosphere is going to become even more hyperaware of bias.

    Reveal Those Review Copies, Bloggers » Comics Worth Reading 2009

  • Never had a guy made me feel so flustered, so completely tongue-tied, so . . . so hyperaware and self-conscious as this one did.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • Never had a guy made me feel so flustered, so completely tongue-tied, so . . . so hyperaware and self-conscious as this one did.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • Never had a guy made me feel so flustered, so completely tongue-tied, so . . . so hyperaware and self-conscious as this one did.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

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