"self-unaware" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more self-unaware [comparative], most self-unaware [superlative]
Etymology: From self- + unaware. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|unaware}} self- + unaware Head templates: {{en-adj|nolinkhead=1}} self-unaware (comparative more self-unaware, superlative most self-unaware)
  1. Not self-aware. Related terms: self-unawareness
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