unconscious

Definition

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

Etymology

From un- + conscious.

Example Sentences

• "After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious."
• "My sudden fright was an unconscious response."
• "It was intolerable, he felt, to sit and eat in presence of that silent figure partly turned away from him, jotting down the different amounts on a bit of paper, and absorbed in that occupation as if unconscious of his presence."