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un-KONSH-uh-s/ʌnˈkɒnʃəs/

Unconscious means not awake, or (of a process) not deliberate: knocked unconscious, unconscious bias. Conscious sits opposite; unaware is milder and already in the dictionary. A diversity slide is comms; a sampling frame is methods.

Meaning

Not awake or aware; of a process, not deliberate (unconscious bias).

Examples

• “Unconscious bias is a methods risk; a diversity slide is not a sampling frame.”
• “Knocked out is the medical sense. Unaware is already in this course and milder. A slide is branding. A named slice is a frame. Write the slice; keep the slide for the foyer.”

Good to know

Not awake, or not deliberate. Milder: unaware (already in the dictionary). A slide ≠ a frame.

Near in meaning

unaware

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