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unconscious

1 adjective
     
un‧con‧scious1
1 unable to see, move, feel etc in the normal way because you are not conscious:
She was found alive but unconscious.
knock/beat somebody unconscious
Levin was knocked unconscious by the impact.
2 a feeling or thought that is unconscious is one that you have without realizing it [↪ subconscious]
unconscious feeling/desire/need etc
an unconscious need to be loved
3

be unconscious of something

to not realize the effect of something you have said or done:
Doreen appeared to be unconscious of the amusement she had caused.
4 an action that is unconscious is not deliberate
—unconsciously adverb
—unconsciousness noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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