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as in cold
having lost consciousness
the guard was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head
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as in unaware
not informed about or aware of something
unconscious of the somber expression she wore
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Recent Examples of unconscious
Avoid judgments on their appearance, mannerisms or other unconscious biases related to personal characteristics.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
In September, a Riverside County grand jury indicted him on one count of rape of an unconscious victim, according to court documents.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
During his new stand-up special, Jamie tearfully recounts his medical emergency that left him being unconscious for 20 days and waking up in a wheelchair.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 2 June 2025
Authorities found the vehicle’s driver unconscious and not breathing, police said.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
In September, a Riverside County grand jury indicted him on one count of rape of an unconscious victim, according to court documents.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
During his new stand-up special, Jamie tearfully recounts his medical emergency that left him being unconscious for 20 days and waking up in a wheelchair.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 2 June 2025
Authorities found the vehicle’s driver unconscious and not breathing, police said.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconscious
Adjective
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The October air was cold, the grass brown, but Emily’s face was hot and her breath fast.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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Marc: The beginning — when the titular character is crying, and then immediately switches from sobbing into the camera to being this cold and calculating person.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Most Americans are unaware of the unprecedented threats that AI may pose.—
Brendan Steinhauser,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2025
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However, there is a major caveat that fans are often unaware of — players must become free agents within a transfer window in order to sign elsewhere outside of one.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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Tech leaders’ muffled responses, even as Trump unleashes senseless attacks, will drive promising students to other countries and erode their industry’s contributions to our state and national economy.—
Bruce Fuller,
Mercury News,
7 June 2025
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Tolstoy hoped those heroic fictions, designed to inspire young men to pursue senseless deaths, would be undone as war began to disturb peace.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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But here’s the other risk: Chasers, especially novices, often stop abruptly on the side - or even middle - of a 70-mph highway, open their car doors to get out and cluelessly snap photos, oblivious to other chasers who may be barreling down behind them.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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There always seemed to be a little girl oblivious to everything but the cartoons.—
Mark Kriegel
June 4,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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Less prescient was her claim—ignorant in exactly the way of so many white feminists throughout history—that racial oppression would be solved once gender was abolished.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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The provision prohibiting states from regulating AI for the next 10 years is unconscionably ignorant and dangerous.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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“Unconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconscious. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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