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   unconscious

   /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment: "the boy was beaten unconscious" Similar knocked outinsensiblesenselessinsentientinsensatepassed outcomatosein a comainertstunneddazedstupefiedtorpidbefuddledbenumbednumbcollapsedkeeled overmotionlessimmobileprostrateinformal:out coldout for the countblacked outKO'dkayoedout like a lightlaid outflaked outoutdead to the worldspark outrare:soporosesoporousOpposite conscious
   • 2. done or existing without one realizing: "he would wipe back his hair in an unconscious gesture of annoyance" Similar unintentionalunintendedaccidentalunthinkingunwittinginadvertentunpremeditatedunplanneduncalculatingchancenaturalinnateinherentunlearnedinstinctiveautomaticmechanicalreflexinvoluntaryknee-jerkuncontrolledspontaneoussubliminalsubconsciouslatentsuppressedsleepingdeepinformal:gutbottled upOpposite intentionalvoluntaryforced
   • ▪ unaware of: "‘What is it?’ he said again, unconscious of the repetition" Similar heedlessunheedingunmindfuldisregardfuldisregardingtaking no noticeoblivious toinsensible toblind todeaf toimpervious tounaffected byunconcerned byindifferent todetached fromremoved fromunawareignorantin ignoranceunknowingunsuspectingunenlightenedinformal:in the darkrare:incognizantnescientOpposite consciousaware

   noun

   • 1. the part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behaviour and emotions: "horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious"

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