unknowing
1unknowing — index blind (not discerning), incognizant, insensible, unacquainted, unaware, unintentional, unversed, unwitting …
2unknowing — c.1300 (adj.) “without knowledge, ignorant,” from UN (Cf. un ) (1) “not” + prp. of KNOW (Cf. know). Noun meaning “ignorance” is mid 14c. Related: Unknowingly …
3unknowing — [adj] unaware blank, blind, caught napping*, daydreaming, deaf, ignorant, inattentive, in the dark*, negligent, not informed, not knowing, not told, oblivious, out of it*, out to lunch*, unbriefed, unconscious, uneducated, unenlightened,… …
4unknowing — [unnō′iŋ] adj. not knowing; ignorant or unaware unknowingly adv …
5unknowing — [[t]ʌ̱nno͟ʊɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe a person as unknowing, you mean that they are not aware of what is happening or of what they are doing. Some governments have been victims and perhaps unknowing accomplices in the bank s… …
6unknowing — unknowingly, adv. /un noh ing/, adj. ignorant or unaware: unknowing aid to the enemy. [1250 1300; ME; see UN 1, KNOWING] * * * …
7unknowing — un|know|ing [ ʌn nouıŋ ] adjective not knowing what kind of situation you are involved in, for example because someone has tricked or cheated you: an unknowing participant in a fraud …
8unknowing — adjective (only before noun) formal not realizing what you are doing or what is happening; unaware: Buying the stolen property made her an unknowing accomplice to the crime. unknowingly adverb …
9unknowing — adj. & n. adj. (often foll. by of) not knowing; ignorant, unconscious. n. ignorance (cloud of unknowing). Derivatives: unknowingly adv. unknowingness n …
10unknowing — I. adjective Date: 14th century not knowing • unknowingly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century ignorance …
