unconsciousness

noun

as in unawareness

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Recent Examples of unconsciousness Better telltale symptoms are confusion, seizures, difficulty breathing, nausea or sometimes unconsciousness. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2026 The most common dispatch descriptions over the year were sick persons, non-traumatic chest pain, trouble breathing, unconsciousness or fainting, abdominal pain and diabetic emergencies. — Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 If racing thoughts and elevated cortisol are what’s keeping you awake, this one targets the underlying problem rather than sedating you into unconsciousness. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 18, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026 If symptoms worsen to slurred speech, extreme confusion, unconsciousness or skin hot to the touch, seek help immediately. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026 The woman told deputies that over three days she was repeatedly beaten, pistol-whipped and strangled into near unconsciousness before receiving yet another beating Sunday morning. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026 Court documents said O'Connor bought beer, vodka, whiskey and condoms for the mostly 14- and 15-year-old teens and encouraged them to drink, resulting in some teens drinking to the point of vomiting and unconsciousness. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 May 2026 Declining oxygen levels cause symptoms similar to altitude sickness and in the long run can damage the lungs and other organs, while carbon dioxide buildup causes exhaustion and eventual unconsciousness. — ABC News, 26 May 2026 One individual was allegedly choked to near unconsciousness. — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconsciousness
  1. unawareness
  2. insensibility
  3. ignorance
  4. oblivion
  5. forgetfulness
  6. unfamiliarity
Noun
  • Black enrollees reported the highest rate of unawareness of work requirements at 62%, compared to 56% among White enrollees and 54% among Hispanic enrollees.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of unawareness
Noun
  • The famous Lord Chesterfield[5] counselled his son that he should never be seen to laugh; and that gravity with real or apparent insensibility is a universal characteristic of the savage.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Definition of insensibility
Noun
  • Despite the structure of bets and trades, the point of the idea-futures business is to gamble on insight rather than ignorance.
    — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Rauber says much of the opposition to cloud seeding comes from ignorance of the process.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of ignorance
Noun
  • And of his fascination in the idea that people might go on living after death, in oblivion.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Third, each of these CEOs has focused on fixing operations rather than reaching for the tired but easier playbook of financial engineering, buybacks, and cost-cutting into oblivion.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of oblivion
Noun
  • O'Hara said years later, children were still badgering her about her forgetfulness.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Goodman says very early Alzheimer’s disease can sometimes resemble ordinary forgetfulness.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of forgetfulness
Noun
  • Every last member of the Chiefs’ offensive line is familiar with Benson’s, well, unfamiliarity with a starting job in their first NFL training camp.
    — Sam McDowell August 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The reasons are many, ranging from the slow adoption of new medical technologies, to many urologists’ unfamiliarity with interpreting MRI scans, to the loss of income from doing fewer biopsies.
    — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of unfamiliarity

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“Unconsciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconsciousness. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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