unconsciously

UK: /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəsli/

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un•con•scious /ʌnˈkɑnʃəs/   adj. 

1. Physiology having lost consciousness:
   was unconscious from the blow.
2. not noticed at the level of awareness:
   an unconscious impulse.
3. done unintentionally:
   an unconscious insult.

n. [uncountable* the + ~]

4. Psychology the part of the mind that a person is rarely aware of but that has an important influence on behavior.

un•con•scious•ly, adv. 
un•con•scious•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

un•con•scious  (un kon′shəs), adj. 

1. Physiology not conscious;
   without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
2. Physiology temporarily devoid of consciousness.
3. not perceived at the level of awareness;
   occurring below the level of conscious thought:
   an unconscious impulse.
4. not consciously realized, planned, or done;
   without conscious volition or intent:
   an unconscious social slight.
5. not endowed with mental faculties:
   the unconscious stones.

n. 

6. Psychology the unconscious, the part of the mind containing psychic material that is only rarely accessible to awareness but that has a pronounced influence on behavior.

• 1705–15; 1915–20 for def. 6; un-¹ + conscious

un•con′scious•ly, adv. 
un•con′scious•ness, n.