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unconscious (adj.)
1712, "unaware, not marked by conscious thought," from un- (1) "not" + conscious. Meaning "temporarily insensible, knocked out" is recorded from 1860. Related: Unconsciously; unconsciousness. In psychology, the noun the unconscious (1876) is a loan-translation of German das Unbewusste. The adjective in this sense is recorded from 1912.
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Definitions of unconscious
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unconformity
uncongenial
unconnected
unconquerable
unconscionable
unconscious
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unconstrained
uncontested
uncontrollable
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