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😵 Dazed or unresponsive 🚪 Excluded or left out 🤔 Unaware or disconnected
out of it

out of it

16 7.5
Not aware of what is happening because you did not hear or read about it
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : despistado
  • One junior noted, "We wouldn't be coming each time if we didn't get a lot out of it."
  • get out of it
  • stay out of it
  • snap out of it

But I have to add, I'm out of it now 'cause I'm exhausted.

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Examples

  • After staying up all night, I felt completely out of it during the meeting.

  • But I have to add, I'm out of it now 'cause I'm exhausted.

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  • " I just feel a little out of it."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • So why did Nick feel so out of it?

    Fiction book (1993)

  • It can feel horrible when you're in it, but when you're out of it, go.

  • She didn’t understand the latest trends because she was so out of it lately.

  • When he returned from the hospital, he seemed out of it and struggled to follow the conversation.

Synonyms

out of touch
vsout of it
92 4.9

Not aware of recent events or people's feelings

is unaware of what is happening around due to missing information or attention
absent
vsout of it
19 4.0

Not paying attention because your mind is somewhere else

is not aware because of lack of information or broader disconnection
disoriented
vsout of it
6 5.1

Feeling confused or lost about your place among others

is unaware of events rather than confused about identity or role
spaced-out
vsout of it
  • Informal
1 8.7

Not fully paying attention and feeling confused or dreamy

is unaware without implying intoxication or extreme tiredness

Antonyms

aware
∞ 2.7

Knowing that something exists or is happening

informed
3.7

Someone who knows a lot about a subject because they have the facts

engaged
3.4

Giving full attention to an activity or idea

How Aware

informed
3.7
aware
∞ 2.7
out of it
  • Informal
16 7.5
ignorant
367 3.7

Surface Forms

out of it positive

Morphology

out + of + it

The phrase is partly compositional: 'out of' conveys being removed from something and 'it' refers to the current situation, so a learner can infer being 'removed' from awareness. However, the sense is metaphorical and can be ambiguous (e.g. physical 'out' = unconscious) and the exact pragmatic use ('not aware/connected') often requires exposure, so it is not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Out of it is like standing out of a conversation and missing the news inside the room. So, it means 'not aware' or not up to date with what is happening.