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oblivious |
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oblivious Adjective unaware or unconscious: oblivious of her soaking clothes, I was oblivious to the beauty obliviousness n
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oblivious adjective (usually with of or to) unaware, unconscious, ignorant, regardless, careless, negligent, blind to, unaffected by, impervious to, forgetful, deaf to, unconcerned about, neglectful, heedless, inattentive, insensible, unmindful, unobservant, disregardful, incognizant << OPPOSITE aware USAGE It was formerly considered incorrect to use oblivious and unaware as synonyms, but this use is now acceptable. When employed with this meaning, oblivious should be followed either by to or of, to being much the commoner. |
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| But yesterday there were special reasons," pursued Stepan Arkadyevitch, with a meaning smile, totally oblivious of the genuine sympathy he had felt the day before for his friend, and feeling the same sympathy now, only for Vronsky. bury thyself in a life which, to your now equally abhorred and abhorring, landed world, is more oblivious than death. During his oblivious attention he once quietly rested his head against Mrs. |
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