unawake


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unawake

(ˌʌnəˈweɪk)
adj
not awake; asleep
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unawake

adjective
In a state of sleep:
Idioms: dead to the world, fast asleep, in a sound sleep, out like a light.
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The man unawake to the world around him (taking into consideration his own abilities and circumstances) defaults on his humanity.
Ever present: Attention and alertness in the unawake. Anthropology of Consciousness, 24 (2).