oblivious
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6.3
- adjective
- /əˈblɪviəs/
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- The two of them were oblivious to Cee Cee and John in the doorway.
- oblivious to the fact
- seem oblivious
- remain oblivious
They're just completely oblivious to their health.
- They're just completely oblivious to their health.
- They create all sorts of havoc wandering around oblivious to their surroundings.
- It's like they're either like supremely oblivious or like who put it out?
- He's oblivious and he's just acting off of pain.
- The people are oblivious, you know, I find people to be disrespectful.
- Then I'll say men are stupid in the sense that men can be genuinely oblivious to the problem.
- Was I truly just completely oblivious?
- So the brain, the brain definitely had some stuff going on that I was oblivious to.
- And this baby was looking around, you know, and totally oblivious of all the stress in the in the train.
- Yeah, but honestly, I don't know, like I guess guys, no offense guys kind of are oblivious to some things.
- They're terrible people, but at the same time they are people and a lot of them probably were oblivious to what they were really getting themselves into.
Examples
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And this baby was looking around, you know, and totally oblivious of all the stress in the in the train.
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She was completely oblivious to the fact that her friends were planning a surprise party for her.
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And it also was pretty clear that the Obama campaign was kind of oblivious to where we were as a community.
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Are you pretending to be oblivious, Or do you really not get it?
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"Billions of people just living out their lives... oblivious."
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The rest of the crews are totally oblivious to what's happening through the smoke on the other side.
Fiction book (1991) -
Herc, meanwhile, is oblivious of all of this.
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And for that one evening, at least, we were, all of us, blissfully oblivious.
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Their three-year-old son lay sleeping in his mother's arms, oblivious to the terror of the night.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Mouse looked at Penelope, who seemed oblivious to anything but her solitaire game.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
360
4.9
Not noticing facts or reason because of strong feelings
175
2.9
Not knowing that something is happening or true
35
5.9
Not noticing or choosing to ignore a problem
17
6.7
Not aware of what is happening and not done on purpose
5
5.8
Not aware that something is happening or true
2
5.9
A person who often does not pay attention and forgets small things like keys
1
7.2
Not aware of what is happening around you
1
7.3
Does not notice or care about things that upset other people
1
5.9
You do not notice small details around you
1
7.4
Not noticing what is around you because you are lost in thought
1
8.8
Not aware of what is happening around you
Not noticing things around you
Not good at noticing or understanding things
Slow to notice things and people's feelings
Not paying attention to someone or something
Antonyms
How Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
oblivious = oblivion (opaque) = ob + liv + ious
The connection between 'oblivion' and 'oblivious' is not clear to learners without prior knowledge of the root 'liv'.
Etymology
The word oblivious comes from the Latin root oblivisci, which means 'to forget', and it shares this root with the word oblivion. Think of someone who 'forgets' what is around them — that's why oblivious means 'not aware' or 'not noticing' what is happening.