unconscious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).

   After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious.

2. 2
   adj

   Without directed thought or awareness.

   My sudden fright was an unconscious response.

3. 3
   adj

   engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.

   Sam is unconscious, filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.

4. 4
   noun

   That part of mind that is not consciously perceived.

   Because the unconscious is outside time, it can perceive transformations beyond the limits of the ego.

5. 5
   adj

   (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving

6. 6
   adj

   not conscious

7. 7
   adj

   without conscious volition

8. 8
   noun

   that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware

Etymology

From un- + conscious.