Word Study
unaware
CIDE DICTIONARY
unaware, a.
Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive. Swift. [1913 Webster]
unaware, adv.
Unawares. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unaware, adj. & adv.
--adj.
1 (usu. foll. by of, or that + clause) not aware; ignorant (unaware of her presence).
2 (of a person) insensitive; unperceptive.
--adv. = UNAWARES.
--adj.
1 (usu. foll. by of, or that + clause) not aware; ignorant (unaware of her presence).
2 (of a person) insensitive; unperceptive.
--adv. = UNAWARES.
Derivative
unawareness n.
THESAURUS
unaware
a stranger to, aback, asleep, blind to, caught napping, dead to, deaf to, heedless, ignorant, impercipient, in ignorance of, incognizant, inexpectant, inobservant, insensible, insensible to, lost to, mindless, napping, nonconceiving, nonexpectant, not with it, oblivious, out of it, short, sudden, suddenly, unacquainted, unadmonished, unadvised, unanticipatedly, unanticipating, unanticipative, unaware of, unconscious, unconscious of, unenlightened, unexpectedly, unexpecting, unfamiliar, unforewarned, unguessing, unhearing, uninformed, uninsightful, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful, unmindful of, unperceiving, unprehensive, unprepared, unready, unrealizing, unseeing, unsuspecting, unwarned, unwitting, witlessROGET THESAURUS
unaware
Ignorance
N ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa, crass ignorance, ignorance crasse, unfamiliarity, unacquaintance, unconsciousness, darkness, blindness, incomprehension, inexperience, simplicity, unknown quantities, x, y, z, sealed book, terra incognita, virgin soil, unexplored ground, dark ages, smattering, sciolism, glimmering, dilettantism, bewilderment, incapacity, pedantry, charlatanry, charlatism, Philister, Philistine, ignorant, nescient, unknowing, unaware, unacquainted, unapprised, unapprized, unwitting, unweeting, unconscious, witless, weetless, a stranger to, unconversant, uninformed, uncultivated, unversed, uninstructed, untaught, uninitiated, untutored, unschooled, misguided, unenlightened, Philistine, behind the age, shallow, superficial, green, rude, empty, half-learned, illiterate, unread, uninformed, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unbookish, empty-headed, dizzy, wooly-headed, pedantic, in the dark, benighted, belated, blinded, blindfolded, hoodwinked, misinformed, au bout de son latin, at the end of his tether, at fault, at sea, caught tripping, unknown, unapprehended, unexplained, unascertained, uninvestigated, unexplored, unheard of, not perceived, concealed, novel, ignorantly, unawares, for anything, for aught one knows, not that one knows, Int, God knows, Heaven knows, the Lord knows, who knows, nobody knows, ignorance never settles a question, quantum animis erroris inest!, small Latin and less Greek, that unlettered small-knowing soul, there is no darkness but ignorance.Inexpectation
N inexpectation, non-expectation, false expectation, miscalculation, surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start, bolt out of the blue, wonder, eye opener, unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise, nonexpectant, surprised, unwarned, unaware, off one's guard, inattentive, unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for, dropped from the clouds, beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation, out of one's reckoning, unheard of, startling, surprising, sudden, unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable), abruptly, unexpectedly, surprisingly, plump, pop, a l'improviste, unawares, without notice, without warning, without a 'by your leave', like a thief in the night, like a thunderbolt, in an unguarded moment, suddenly, Int, heydey!, little did one think, little did one expect, nobody would ever suppose, nobody would ever think, nobody would ever expect, who would have thought? it beats the Dutch.For further exploring for "unaware" in Webster Dictionary Online