unconscious

CEFRB2

/ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəs/

adjective

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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They found him lying unconscious on the floor.
After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious.
My sudden fright was an unconscious response.

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It was intolerable, he felt, to sit and eat in presence of that silent figure partly turned away from him, jotting down the different amounts on a bit of paper, and absorbed in that occupation as if unconscious of his presence.
1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son
The firefighters put on breathing apparatus and managed to find the injured. In one case, they were almost too late - one of the bystanders who had helped with the initial rescue attempts had been reported missing. They were later found unconscious, having been overcome by the fumes.
2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51
Reshaping [of British Railways] was far from perfect. It was tainted by statistical overreach, the unconscious biases of its author, and by the political demands being placed upon the BRB by government.
2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49
Sam is unconscious, filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.
1998, Charles Rosen, The Cockroach Basketball League, page 144
"I was unconscious," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."
1999, Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, page 10

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From un- + conscious.