OBLIVIOUS


Meaning of OBLIVIOUS in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

seemingly unaware/oblivious (= seeming not to notice something )

She was seemingly unaware of all the activity around her.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

apparently

He was reading a newspaper, apparently oblivious to the contribution he was making to the traffic chaos.

Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam sat at his desk, head in hands, apparently oblivious to the events outside.

He was lighting another cigarette, apparently oblivious of the elements.

so

How could a self-styled poet be so oblivious to taste?

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

In the sitcom she plays a New York executive who's totally oblivious to the feelings of others.

The walkers in front crossed the ledge easily, seemingly oblivious to the fact that there was a 3000 foot drop on either side.

They soon fell asleep, oblivious of the danger.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

For here lay no more than a piece of meat, oblivious , inanimate, an object to be examined without reverence.

He ate on, oblivious to the storms he was stirring into the air around him.

He worked as a man obsessed, oblivious to family and friends, shunning holidays, forgetting anniversaries.

It is extraordinary how oblivious the Labour party remains to the extraordinarily damaging consequences of its proposals.

Luckily, Theresa was oblivious to the offering.

Most constant complainers are oblivious to their annoying habit, Vilas said.

Senses rioted, coherent thought fled, and for mindless seconds they were oblivious to the world about them.

She seemed quite oblivious to the route I was taking as she chatted on about her holiday plans for Ibiza.

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