Unconsious or unconscious?
Did you mean unconscious? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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unconsious
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unconscious
Correct spelling: unconscious. Misspelling: unconsious.
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Memory tip
Un + conscious: keep the SC of science.
Why people write “unconsious”
The misspelling “unconsious” is only one letter off: it leaves out the C.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make unconscious automatic.
What does “unconscious” mean?
unconscious noun
- that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
Synonyms:
unconscious adjective
- not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
“lay unconscious on the floor”
- without conscious volition
- (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving
“happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- Charles Dickens”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Unconscious” in a sentence
- He was unconscious for a few minutes.
- Lay unconscious on the floor.
- Happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- Charles Dickens.
Is “unconscious” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“unconsious” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from UNCONSCIOUS.