unknowing
Americanadjective
adjective
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not knowing; ignorant
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without knowledge or unaware (of)
Other Word Forms
- unknowingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of unknowing
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; un- 1, knowing
Example Sentences
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In the process, Debussy opened opera up to the unknowing.
From Los Angeles Times
One of his Caravaggio imitations was praised by an unknowing expert for its “extraordinary ‘archaeology.’”
From Washington Post
When the two were introduced to each other recently, Mr. Zaid suggested, unknowing of the 2011 records release, that they check if the FBI had a file on the band on a lark.
From Washington Times
“She’s horrified and appalled that she was the unknowing recipient of tainted gifts,” Jackson said, adding that she ”disgorged all gifts she’s aware of over the last two days.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Do you now feel that you were used as kind of an unknowing dupe to shut down an investigation?” asked Bert Deixler, the attorney heading the commission’s investigation.
From Los Angeles Times
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