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
Usage notes
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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