Definitions

inconscient

[in-kon-shuhnt] / ɪnˈkɒn ʃənt /

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absent-minded adj.
lost adj.
preoccupied adj.

ADJECTIVE

absent-minded

Synonyms

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absent absorbed abstracted airheaded bemused careless distracted distrait dreaming dreamy engrossed faraway forgetful goofing off head in the clouds heedless inattentive lost mooning moony oblivious out to lunch pipe dreaming preoccupied remote removed scatterbrained space cadet spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn woolgathering

Antonyms

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alert attentive aware

ADJECTIVE

lost

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absent absorbed unconscious wasted

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abstracted bemused bewildered engrossed entranced musing perplexed preoccupied spellbound

WEAK

absentminded distrait dreamy faraway feeble going in circles ignorant rapt taken in taken up

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unoccupied

WEAK

accomplishing alive attentive aware cognizant

ADJECTIVE

preoccupied

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STRONGEST

absorbed bemused distracted engaged engrossed fascinated forgetful obsessed

STRONG

absent abstracted bugged daydreaming immersed lost mooning removed spellbound woolgathering

WEAK

absent-minded airheaded asleep deep distrait faraway have on the brain heedless hung up intent lost in thought moony oblivious rapt spread-out taken up unaware wrapped-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bored disenthralled disinterested indifferent uninterested

STRONG

existing

WEAK

observant thoughtful unoccupied

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inconscient

Kate Orme was not without an amused perception of her future husband's point of view; but she could enter into it with the tolerance which allows for the inconscient element in all our judgments.

From Sanctuary by Edith Wharton

Youth is bold and inconscient of its danger.

From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Beatrice Violet Graham Greville

You say l’artiste inconscient set off to travel: you do not divide me right.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang

In minerals there are "constant tendencies" which are nothing but obscure wills; what we currently term weight, fluidity, impenetrability, electricity, chemical affinities, are nothing but natural wills or inconscient wills.

From Initiation into Philosophy by Émile Faguet

I mean: that he's an inconscient instrument of goodness, as it were?

From Tales of Men and Ghosts by Edith Wharton

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