Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unexpected; unforeseen.
- Unawares; unexpectedly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard.
- adjective obsolete Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen.
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- adjective poetic
unaware
Etymologies
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Examples
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Matt, unware that he had been wiping the wrong way all of these years, said that he wiped from back to front.
The Wrong Way Chris Okum 2011
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Carjackers completely unware of the tracking system capabilities. (dumb)
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It's a stubborn reminder that, despite the seeming advances being made every week in mainstream media (hey, did you see that Tatsumi review in the New York Times?) most folks are unware of the strides that have been made over the past 30 years and have little regard for the medium beyond something that can eventually get made into a movie starring Christian Bale.
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What Obama meant was that McCain is slowly becoming unware of his surroundings, that perhaps he's failing to look into what it happening both here in the country and overseas.
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However, few people today can possibly be unware that milk is a dairy product and may trigger lactose intolerance.
Archive 2007-11-01 Steve Carper 2007
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However, few people today can possibly be unware that milk is a dairy product and may trigger lactose intolerance.
Court Squashes Anti-Milk Class Action Suit Steve Carper 2007
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When confronted with the apparent hypocricy of working for a major US hedge fund, he first tried to say that he was unware of this part of Fortress's business.
Edwards: Hillary On Detour Through "Deep Canyon Of Corporate Lobbyists" 2009
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I was aware that Bob "went a bit funny" but I had been blissfully unware that he had struggled with his meteoric rise as the considered voice of young American protest, becoming public property and stalked by his own fame at every turn.
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A child, who has lost both his parents, is still unware of the game being played by rulers of Pakistan.
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When confronted with this, he first tried to say that he was unware of this part of their business.
Edwards Faulting Clintons As Part Of Corrupt D.C. Status Quo? 2009
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