INCONSCIENT Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

inconscient

adjective

Definition of inconscient

as in inattentive

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Adjective

That investigation led to a 2023 recall requiring software changes meant to better detect inattentive drivers and warn them.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026
This is not to say Costco shoppers are inattentive.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026

Definition of inattentive

Adjective

Like the wonderful Clover Club, raspberries have a heedless love for rose water, and that means Hendrick’s Gin.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 June 2026
The time that went into making the film shows up, most notably, during a break in the middle of the story that (avoiding spoilers) takes Ray’s heedless behavior to a logical extreme.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

Definition of heedless

Adjective

As materials pass through hubs like Singapore, their origins often become increasingly abstracted.

— Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Affecting meaningful change — or suffering from the lack of it — has become so abstracted for the rich and powerful that everything feels like entertainment to them.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025

Definition of abstracted

Adjective

Even when symptoms are absent, endometriosis can still cause damage, including scar tissue formation, pelvic adhesions and fertility problems.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 July 2026
When interviewed by Entertainment Weekly earlier this year, showrunner Ryan Condal shied away from revealing the casting of the long-absent other child of Dowager-Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

Definition of absent

Adjective

Still, with this inspirational true story, the streamer stands to reach a much wider public than Perry’s typical audience, reminding how much of American history remains untaught and largely untold.

— Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.

— Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024

Definition of untaught

Adjective

The moped passenger, who police said was struck by the truck’s rear wheel, can be seen on the video splayed out unconscious on the street.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
Officers responding to the incident found an unconscious man lying on the sidewalk suffering from at least one gunshot wound.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026

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