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unknowing

[ uhn-noh-ing ]

/ ʌnˈnoʊ ɪŋ /

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adjective

ignorant or unaware: unknowing aid to the enemy.

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

Words nearby unknowing

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

Example sentences from the Web for unknowing

“Maybe we need a new category other than theism, atheism or agnosticism that takes paradox and unknowing into account,” he writes.

Frank Schaeffer, the Atheist Who Believes in God |Nick Tabor |August 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At the reception the unknowing DJ played “The Way You Make Me Feel,” by Michael Jackson.

Gavin Arvizo’s New Beginning: Jackson Abuse Accuser Gets Married at 24 |Diane Dimond |December 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The result smacks of paranoid fear-mongering inside a cloud of unknowing instead of a clear-eyed search for the truth.

A Geek’s Guide to the NSA Scandal: What You May Not Know About Data Collection |Charles Johnson |June 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Much like the Landon debacle, media coverage of Piedmont has primarily focused on the “unknowing” girls who were targeted.

‘Fantasy Slut League’: Earning Points for Sexual Encounters in High School |Lizzie Crocker |October 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

He had wandered long abroad, unknowing of his rich inheritance.

Tales from Blackwood |Various
All unknowing, he became thereby the controlling influence in many lives.

The Bartlett Mystery |Louis Tracy
And now that dull throbbing sound—and a strain of music—is it the young wife who, all unknowing, is digging her husband's grave?

Sunrise |William Black
I hadn't returned it, after all; had been gripping it all the time, unknowing.

The Bacillus of Beauty |Harriet Stark
And when they were apart she could not forget them but walked like a spirit strayed on to earth and unknowing of its radiance.

Robin |Frances Hodgson Burnett

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