unawareness
2
5.4
- noun
- /ˌʌnəˈwɛrnəs/
:
desconocimiento
- His unawareness of the problem led to a series of mistakes at work.
- general unawareness
- hypoglycaemia unawareness
But what happens if you, maybe you've by chance lead a life of blissful, you know, unawareness for years and years and years?
- But what happens if you, maybe you've by chance lead a life of blissful, you know, unawareness for years and years and years?
Examples
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I see it rather as a complete unawareness of the US as an empire.
Blog text (24) -
Presumably, this lack of use is the result of unawareness on the part of those who could benefit from the solution.
Academic text (1992) -
You will not because you do not want to discover your own unawareness.
Blog text (26) -
During the first two years of the Belaunde administration, there was a general unawareness of the type of organization and aims that Sendero represented.
Academic text (1991) -
In general, racial identity development begins with a state of unawareness, then moves to the beginnings of awareness and to the experience of strong emotions about themselves and each other.
Academic text (2011) -
The reasons for this include inadequate referral rates from optometrists and ophthalmologists, a general unawareness among the visually impaired concerning the availability of services, and financial and physical barriers.
Academic text (2006) -
But through incongruencies between utterance and context, Titus reveals his unawareness of his thought process and his blindness to his own resulting egoism and barbarity.
Academic text (2000) -
Many people live in unawareness of the environmental issues surrounding them.
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The child's unawareness of danger made her run into the street without looking.
Synonyms
316
3.9
Not knowing about something or how it works
8
4.6
Not noticing things around you
5
4.2
Not knowing what to do or how something works
2
7.4
Not noticing things happening around you
1
5.7
Not noticing or understanding something important
1
9.3
Not paying attention causes mistakes
Not knowing about something
Not being aware of a fact or change
Being unaware of something
A lack of understanding of instructions or ideas
A state of not knowing or understanding things
A lack of awareness of what is happening
Lack of attention that makes you forget or ignore tasks
Antonyms
How Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unawareness comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and aware, which comes from an old English word meaning 'watchful' (you can see the same root in beware). So, unawareness is simply the state of 'not' noticing or knowing about something.