unawakened
Not yet roused
Unawakened describes someone or something that has not yet awakened—either literally still asleep or figuratively not yet roused to awareness or potential.
A person with unawakened talent has abilities that remain dormant.
In spiritual contexts, the unawakened have not yet achieved enlightenment or higher consciousness: He moved through life unawakened, never questioning his assumptions.
Not made actual
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- untappedNot yet utilized
- dormantInactive but capable
- potentialLatent capacity for development
embryonic · incipient · nascent · unexpressed · unfulfilled · unharnessed · hidden · concealed
Lacking any awareness
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- heedlessCareless of consequences
blind · uninformed · unenlightened · unmindful · unsuspecting · naive · innocent · insensible
Lacking awareness or knowledge
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- asleepIn a state of rest
- blindLacking the sense of sight
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
materialistic · worldly · benighted · sleepwalking · mechanical · automatic · robotic · mindless
In a state of rest
- slumberingIn a state of rest
- dormantInactive but capable
- restingIn a state of stillness
- nappingSleeping briefly, often midday
dozing · snoozing · sleepy · drowsy · undisturbed · comatose · unconscious · torpid
unrealized
Not made actual
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- untappedNot yet utilized
- dormantInactive but capable
potential · embryonic · incipient · nascent · unexpressed · unfulfilled · unharnessed · hidden · concealed · quiescent
oblivious
Lacking any awareness
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
heedless · blind · uninformed · unenlightened · unmindful · unsuspecting · naive · innocent · insensible · unperceptive
unenlightened
Lacking awareness or knowledge
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- asleepIn a state of rest
- blindLacking the sense of sight
ignorant · materialistic · worldly · benighted · sleepwalking · mechanical · automatic · robotic · mindless
asleep
In a state of rest
- slumberingIn a state of rest
- dormantInactive but capable
- restingIn a state of stillness
napping · dozing · snoozing · sleepy · drowsy · undisturbed · comatose · unconscious · torpid · lethargic
unawakenedawakened
Brought to consciousness
awake · alert · conscious · aroused · wide-awake
unawakenedawakened
Brought to consciousness
enlightened · conscious · illuminated · woke · self-aware
awake, awaken, unaware, woke, wakeful, awakening, woken, waken, reawaken