unknowing

American  

[uhn-noh-ing] / ʌnˈnoʊ ɪŋ /

adjective

1. ignorant or unaware.

   unknowing aid to the enemy.

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unknowing British  

/ ʌnˈnəʊɪŋ /

adjective

1. not knowing; ignorant

2. without knowledge or unaware (of)

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Other Word Forms

• unknowingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of unknowing

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

Example Sentences

She blundered back onto the village green unknowing.

From Literature

Perhaps it is not chance, but the work of some divinity that guides our unknowing steps to their ordained destination.

From Literature

There were foggy days of unknowing for Bailey and me.

From Literature

Or, if begotten, to have fallen from the womb Straight into the grave, And to be smothered, unknowing, In the dirt of Hades.

From Literature

She had been such a child then—such a foolish, unknowing child.

From Literature