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Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.

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  1. a. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.
  2. a. Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an unconscious cerebration.
  3. a. Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke.
  4. adj. not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
  5. adj. without conscious volition
  6. adj. (followed by ‘of’) not knowing or perceiving
  7. n. that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
  8. 1. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man. Cowper. 2. Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an unconscious cerebration. "Unconscious causes." Blackmore. 3. Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke. Pope. -- Un*con"scious-ly, adv. -- Un*con"scious*ness, n.
  9. j:92/n:8 a. not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead s. without conscious volition s. (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving