obliviousness

Example Sentences

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But Land’s purported obliviousness to her own body feels like an easy way to avoid an honest reckoning with her own conflicted relationship to parenthood.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Someday this chapter may be viewed as fascinating for its obliviousness and, from a public relations standpoint, its recklessness.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2023

Ignorance indicates unfamiliarity or obliviousness and can come from a genuine lack of knowledge.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

“I don’t think I’ll ever be able to approach a project with that kind of obliviousness, because there will always be a slight expectation and pressure now.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Emenike’s obliviousness had upset him, because it suggested a disregard, and, even worse, an indifference to him, and to his present life.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie