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oblivious adjective [ əˈblɪvɪəs ]

• not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one.
• "she became absorbed, oblivious to the passage of time"
Similar: unaware, unconscious, heedless, unmindful, insensible, unheeding, ignorant, blind, deaf, unsuspecting, unobservant, disregardful, unconcerned, impervious, unaffected, insensitive, indifferent, detached, removed, incognizant,
Opposite: aware, conscious,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin obliviosus, from oblivio(n- ) (see oblivion).


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