top definitions
related content
examples
british

unknowing

[ uhn-noh-ing ]

/ ʌnˈnoʊ ɪŋ /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR unknowing ON THESAURUS.COM

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 unknowingly

But it is certainly possible that police officers could unknowingly feed suspects information.

How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities |Elizabeth Picciuto |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Unknowingly, they would inspire younger generations of adventure seekers to venture north.

Careful What You Wish For: Here’s What California Would Look Like Without Illegal Immigrants |Ruben Navarrette Jr. |September 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But I have no apologies for the audible squeals I unknowingly squeak out whenever I see her on screen.

‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 2: The Finest, Funniest, and Most Terrifying Moments of Eps. 1-6 |Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern |June 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
John McEnroe said that he unknowingly took steroids for six years.

Tennis Has a Doping Problem |Sujay Kumar |July 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Buzzfeed unknowingly sums up the American reaction to news of Kate Middleton's pregnancy.

America Welcomes the British Royal Pregnancy |Justin Green |December 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Was it possible that he had unknowingly uttered them aloud and Iris was now slily poking fun at him?

The Wings of the Morning |Louis Tracy
You played him—I'll grant you, unknowingly—a perfectly damnable trick.

Foe-Farrell |Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
What right had he to complain, if, having kept his rights hidden from the world, he found me unknowingly trespassing upon them?

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 |Various
In fact, knowingly or unknowingly, she was perpetrating a great fraud.

The Chief Legatee |Anna Katharine Green
Forgive me the intolerable wrong which, all unknowingly, I did you before your birth.

The History of Sir Richard Calmady |Lucas Malet

British Dictionary definitions for unknowingly

unknowing

/ (ʌnˈnəʊɪŋ) /

adjective

not knowing; ignorant

(postpositive often foll by of) without knowledge or unaware (of)

Derived forms of unknowing

unknowingly, adverb