unconscious
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,488 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,837 times across 175,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead lay unconscious on the floor
- without conscious volition
- (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving happily unconscious of the new calamity at home
noun
- that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware also: unconscious mind
unconscious in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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By degrees I got some unconscious knowledge of the characters of Shakespeare.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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House, all unconscious of what is in store for it, wantons at play.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The girl, watching the big chap's unconscious face, knew well what was in his mind.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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These facts, then, alone were clear to him: He had wandered, unconscious, in the neighbourhood.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Where, strewn in flocks, what cheek-flushed myriads lie Dimpling in dream—unconscious slumberers mere, While billows endless round the beaches die.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1