Standard Lemma guide

unaware

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈwɛə/
  • Scotland: /ˌʌnəˈweːɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 W EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge; unmindful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I'm unaware of the answer to that question.
  • Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not noticing; paying no heed; thoughtless; inattentive; oblivious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

(often followed by `of') not aware

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • seemed unaware of the scrutiny
  • unaware of the danger they were in
  • unaware of the newborn hope
  • the most unaware person I've known

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incognizant

Antonyms: aware(p)

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English aware English unaware From un- + aware.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անտեղյակ (anteġyak) — not aware or informed
  • Bengali: গাফেল (gaphel) — not aware or informed
  • Catalan: ignorant — not aware or informed
  • Finnish: tietämätön — not aware or informed
  • Finnish: epätietoinen — not aware or informed
  • French: inconscient — not aware or informed
  • German: unwissend — not aware or informed
  • German: nicht wissend — not aware or informed
  • Hindi: अनजान (anjān) — not aware or informed
  • Hindi: अनभिज्ञ (anbhijña) — not aware or informed
  • Italian: ignaro — not aware or informed
  • Italian: inconsapevole — not aware or informed
  • Latin: inscius — not aware or informed
  • Plautdietsch: onweetent — not aware or informed
  • Portuguese: inconsciente — not aware or informed
  • Romanian: neștiutor — not aware or informed
  • Romanian: neprevenit — not aware or informed
  • Russian: не зна́ющий (ne znájuščij) — not aware or informed
  • Spanish: inconsciente — not aware or informed
  • Spanish: desprevenido — not aware or informed
  • Spanish: ignorante — not aware or informed
  • Tagalog: dinaiino — not aware or informed
  • Tagalog: dinakaiino — not aware or informed
  • Ukrainian: яки́й не зна́є (jakýj ne znáje) — not aware or informed
  • Bengali: গাফেল (gafel) — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • Finnish: tietämätön — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • German: unaufmerksam — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • German: gedankenlos — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • German: nicht bemerkend — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • German: nichtsahnend — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • Hindi: अनभिज्ञ (anbhijña) — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • Russian: не подозрева́ющий (ne podozrevájuščij) — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • Saraiki: اݨسُچیتا (aṇsucetā) — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • Swedish: aningslös — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive
  • Ukrainian: яки́й не підо́зрює (jakýj ne pidózrjuje) — not noticing, thoughtless, inattentive