unknowing

[uhn-noh-ing]

adjective

1. ignorant or unaware.

   unknowing aid to the enemy.

unknowing

/ ʌnˈnəʊɪŋ /

adjective

1. not knowing; ignorant

2. without knowledge or unaware (of)

Other Word Forms

• unknowingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unknowing¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; un- ¹, knowing

Example Sentences

Through sheer will Edward dragged his attention back to his unknowing son.

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Much of “Flour” is concerned with the woman’s conversation with her driver about a parable from the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas that he is translating from Coptic—a tale, he says, about emptiness and unknowing.

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"It was stressful as it relates to the unknowing" of what was going to happen, Hardwick said of the shutdown, adding that people were "annoyed and frustrated" by the impasse.

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In an age of digital immediacy, film offers up these rare moments of unknowing, these chances for spontaneity.

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Sir Keir has stood by his culture secretary, telling her in reply that she had "acted in good faith", and he "noted the commissioner's findings that the error was unknowing".

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