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desawareness
[/ˌdɛsəˈwɛrnəs/]
noun
pl: desawarenesses
desconhecimento
1.
The state of being unaware or lacking knowledge of something; absence of awareness or consciousness
His desawareness of the company's financial troubles led to poor decisions.
Seu desconhecimento dos problemas financeiros da empresa o levou a tomar más decisões.
2.
Lack of perception or attention to something in one's environment
The children's desawareness of the dangers around them worried their parents.
O desconhecimento das crianças sobre os perigos ao redor preocupava seus pais.
Synonyms
unawareness
ignorance
unconsciousness
obliviousness
inattention
Antonyms
awareness
consciousness
knowledge
cognizance
attentiveness
Regional Variations
General Brazilian
desconhecimento
Most common usage across Brazil
Portugal
falta de consciência
More common in European Portuguese
General Portuguese
inconscência
Formal or literary usage
Related Idioms & Phrases
in a state of desawareness
caught in desawareness
blissful desawareness
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