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Unaware

Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.

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Oblivious 84% connected

Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Oblivious 84% connected

Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unconscious 84% connected

Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unconscious 84% connected

Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Incognizance 74% connected

Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Incognizance 74% connected

Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Asleep 66% connected

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Asleep 66% connected

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Insensible 66% connected

Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Insensible 66% connected

Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unconscious 66% connected

Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unconscious 66% connected

Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unwitting 66% connected

Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unwitting 66% connected

Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant.

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Cognizance 66% connected

Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cognizance 66% connected

Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consciousness 66% connected

The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consciousness 66% connected

The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Knowingness 66% connected

The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Knowingness 66% connected

The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Incognizant 92% connected

Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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