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unconscious

un·cons·cious

UK/ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəs/ US/ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/ common
adjective (3) noun (1)

adjective

1.

not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead

  • “lay unconscious on the floor”
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2.

without conscious volition

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3.

(followed by `of'') not knowing or perceiving

  • “happily unconscious of the new calamity at home” Charles Dickens
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noun

1.

that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware

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Origin

From un- + conscious.

Phrases

  • he's unconscious
  • she's unconscious

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