unwakened
Not yet roused
Not yet awakened or roused from sleep.
The word extends naturally to figurative uses—an unwakened talent remains dormant, an unwakened conscience has not yet stirred to moral awareness.
The unwakened child slept through the commotion.
His unwakened potential frustrated his teachers.
Lacking awareness or knowledge
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
blind · asleep · slumbering · uninitiated · unrealized · unmindful · insensible · heedless
Not currently functioning
- hibernatingSeasonally dormant state
- quiescentInactive but capable
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- idleWithout activity or purpose
inert · static · suspended · torpid · sluggish · lethargic · immobile · fallow
Not made actual
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- inherentExisting as essential part
- implicitUnderstood without being stated
- embryonicAt earliest developmental stage
nascent · incipient · budding · unexpressed · unmanifested · unrevealed · subliminal · unactivated
unenlightened
Lacking awareness or knowledge
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
ignorant · blind · asleep · slumbering · uninitiated · unrealized · unmindful · insensible · heedless · unilluminated
inactive
Not currently functioning
- hibernatingSeasonally dormant state
- quiescentInactive but capable
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
idle · inert · static · suspended · torpid · sluggish · lethargic · immobile · fallow · untapped
unrealized
Not made actual
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- inherentExisting as essential part
- implicitUnderstood without being stated
embryonic · nascent · incipient · budding · unexpressed · unmanifested · unrevealed · subliminal · unactivated · germinal
slumber
Light, restful unconsciousness
nap · rest · drowsy · somnolent · soporific · bedtime · nocturnal · nighttime · siesta · lullaby
unwakenedawakened
Brought to consciousness
activated · realized · aroused · stirred · enlightened
unwakenedawakened
Brought to consciousness
enlightened · aware · conscious · illuminated · realized
awake, awaken, woke, wakeful, awakening, wakes, woken, wake, awakened