incognizant
Americanadjective
adjective
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Example Sentences
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Personal tragedy had no more importance than the incognizant plight of insects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
As his father was failing and incognizant, Gabrus bathed him and changed his diapers; he still thinks of the family living room in Long Island as the “spot where my father was dying.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2017
Of those around him it was quite clear that he was altogether incognizant.
From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
Still, there were thousands incognizant of the olive-branch extended to them, and military operations had to be continued even within a dayʼs journey from the capital.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
We cannot suppose him, on the night of the fatal Sunday, both innocent himself and incognizant of an outrage committed.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Nathaniel Parker Willis
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