Meaning

2 senses
  1. Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge; unmindful.

    I'm unaware of the answer to that question.

    Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison.

    unwissend, nicht wissend

    не зна́ющийne znájuščij

    яки́й не зна́єjakýj ne znáje

    (often followed by ‘of’) not aware

  2. Not noticing; paying no heed.

    unaufmerksam, gedankenlos, nicht bemerkend

    не подозрева́ющийne podozrevájuščij

    яки́й не підо́зрюєjakýj ne pidózrjuje

Examples

151 sentences
  1. Tom seemed to be unaware of what Mary had done.

    Том, здається, не усвідомлював того, що зробила Мері. — deniko

  2. He was unaware of the situation.

    ruОн был не в курсе ситуации. — odexed

    deEr war sich der Lage nicht bewusst. — al_ex_an_der

  3. I was unaware of the problem.

    ruЯ не знал о проблеме. — Ooneykcall

    deIch war mir des Problems nicht bewusst. — raggione

  4. Tom was unaware of the danger.

    deTom war sich der Gefahr nicht bewusst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom was likely unaware of that.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
not aware or informed:
not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive:
Русский
By meaning 2
not aware or informed:
not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
not aware or informed:
not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive:

Forms

more unaware, most unaware
Comparativemore unaware Lesson
Superlativemost unaware Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
not aware or informed, lacking knowledge:clueless
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • was unaware of
  • unaware of what
  • to be unaware
  • be unaware that
  • unaware of that
  • unaware of the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

unaware — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto