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unknowing

[ UK /ʌnnˈə‍ʊɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ənˈnoʊɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
ADJECTIVE
  1. unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge
    he was completely ignorant of the circumstances
    his rudeness was unwitting
    an unknowledgeable assistant

How To Use unknowing In A Sentence

  • I don't think I look pregnant to the unknowing eye (like I've always had this little paunch), but to those who do know it's there, it's really there.
  • An unidentified pilot could be no more than a private aviator who unknowingly sends out a wrong signal on his transponder.
  • In any case, Pang et al. may have unknowingly found an unstated risk for hospital birth of having a mildly premature baby.
  • Then I realized it wasn't Gantry of whom I was reminded so much as another Lewis character, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, the politician who poses as a populist, then once elected president turns the United States into a fascist dictatorship, aided by an angry, unknowing electorate and a paramilitary group called the Minute Men. Michael Winship: The Awful Price for Teaching Less Than We Know
  • The face-off between the management and employees of the company began when a new worker unknowingly opened a window in an area where a steam machine is used to dry finished textile materials.
  • Officials say he unknowingly sought help from an informant for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. They say he believed this person had ties to Mexican drug groups.
  • Twelve unknowing faces gazed back at me, not a smile or sign of brilliance on a one. THE WIDOW'S TRIAL
  • The Spanish language even has a verb, sabadear, which refers to praying on the Sabbath, for the unknowing Christian assumed that the swaying motion of the Jew during the Amidah was a special part of the Sabbath prayer. Conversas.
  • Faced with this depressing reality, a resentment is born and carefully nourished against the unknowing spouse for his failure to make frequent declarations of his appreciation and regard.
  • The band's original drum kit she found being unknowingly used by a garage band in a barn. Times, Sunday Times
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