oblivious

Preposition: of

• fact: They seem completely oblivious of the fact that they are copying verbatim what has now become all too familiar a trick?
• danger: Captivated, he leans out of the trench to try to catch it, oblivious of the ever-present danger.
• everything: My life was turned upside down, I had reached a point of being oblivious of everything going on around me.
• effect: He is oblivious of the negative effect his obsession is having on his own home life.
• excitement: And apparently oblivious of the excitement, Tennessee's Partner improved the opportunity to mop his face again with his handkerchief.
• other: But each had cherished the moment secretly - each oblivious of the others ' feelings.

Modifying Another Word

• seemingly: The brothers were now seemingly oblivious of the villains ' presence.
• totally: You know the person who's walking down the street, totally oblivious to the fact they have bird muck on their shoulder?
• utterly: The contestants were, at least, vintage Countdown material - studious, resolute, utterly oblivious to the camera.
• apparently: Apparently oblivious to the obvious contradiction, the parents hired a lawyer to argue their case in court!
• completely: They are often completely oblivious to the chaos they are causing behind them.
• largely: For a whole host of reasons, the public remains largely oblivious to local government.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: The public seemed oblivious to the dangers of low flying aircraft.
• appear: There can never be peace without justice, but Bush appears oblivious to this truth.
• remain: For a whole host of reasons, the public remains largely oblivious to local government.
• become: We were also interested in the way in the interior world of the terrorists and hostages became so oblivious to the world outside.
• continue: These fleeting glimpses of the world around show normal lives continuing oblivious to the nuclear threat.
• work: I was happily working away quietly oblivious to it all.

Modifies a noun

• people: What I find remarkable is how oblivious people can be to these acts of nature going on right in their midst.
• tae: They seemed oblivious tae the commotion; ah suppose they're used tae it, or mibbe meditatin really does make ye laid back.