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oblivious.

Adjective
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MEANING

Failing to notice or remain aware of something, especially something evident to others.

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  • oblivious to danger
  • oblivious of the interruption

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Oblivious to the interruption, she continued reading the sealed letter aloud.
He remained oblivious of the tension gathering at the other end of the table.

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oblivious

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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more oblivious; superlative most oblivious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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