DEFINITIONS

unknowing

[ uhn-noh-ing ]
/ ʌnˈnoʊ ɪŋ /
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adjective

ignorant or unaware: unknowing aid to the enemy.

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Words related to unknowing

blind, unconscious, blank, deaf, ignorant, inattentive, negligent, oblivious, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, unschooled, uninstructed

Words nearby unknowing

unkindly, unknightly, unknit, unknot, unknowable, unknowing, unknown, unknown quantity, unknown soldier, unlace, unlade

Origin of unknowing

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

OTHER WORDS FROM unknowing

un·know·ing·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for unknowing

unknowing
/ (ʌnˈnəʊɪŋ) /

adjective

not knowing; ignorant
(postpositive often foll by of) without knowledge or unaware (of)

Derived forms of unknowing

unknowingly, adverb
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