INCONSCIENT Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

inconscient

adjective

Definition of inconscient

as in inattentive

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Adjective

Watts was largely inattentive in those vulnerable moments, Anna says.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
The system earned a perfect score for inattentive driving and high-risk driving.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of inattentive

Adjective

Damon’s Odysseus is numbed by the massacre of Troy’s civilians; Fiennes’ hates himself for leading the best men of Ithaca to their death, gutting his own community in the heedless destruction of another.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Later, in Capital, Marx warns that soil depletion caused by the heedless exploitation of nature would threaten the physical foundation of society itself.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 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

If your company is absent from that answer, no ranking report will tell you.

— Paul M. Wilson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Since their inception, these wines have tasted as if something were missing beyond just alcohol—aroma, flavor, body, and balance were absent as well.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 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

At the scene, authorities found Pomeroy lying unconscious in the bar's parking lot.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
They are frequently shaped by conscious and unconscious biases, workplace politics and whether an employee is viewed favorably by leadership.

— Lauren Russell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of unconscious

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