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unawaars

adjectivequality

not aware; lacking knowledge

lacking knowledge or consciousness of something; not having noticed or known about it.

Example in use

Ah wis unawaars he wis comin

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/UN-uh-WAARS/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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