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oblivious

adj
/əˈblɪviːəs/

Etymology

From Middle English oblivious, from Latin oblīviōsus (“forgetful, oblivious”), formed from oblīvium (“forgetfulness, oblivion”) + -ōsus (“full of, overly, prone to”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”).

  1. derived from oblīviōsus
  2. inherited from oblivious

Definitions

  1. Lacking awareness

    Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.

    • Your grandmother is completely oblivious to her surroundings.

  2. Forgetful.

    • He's hopelessly oblivious, always forgetting his appointments.

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Derived

cache-oblivious, nonoblivious, obliviously, obliviousness, semioblivious, unoblivious

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at oblivious. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01oblivious02unaware03inattentive04careless05mistakes06mistake07unintentional08unwitting

A definitional loop anchored at oblivious. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at oblivious

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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