unknowing
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unknowing — index blind (not discerning), incognizant, insensible, unacquainted, unaware, unintentional, unversed, unwitting … Law dictionary
unknowing — 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 … Etymology dictionary
unknowing — [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,… … New thesaurus
unknowing — [unnō′iŋ] adj. not knowing; ignorant or unaware unknowingly adv … English World dictionary
unknowing — unknowingly, adv. /un noh ing/, adj. ignorant or unaware: unknowing aid to the enemy. [1250 1300; ME; see UN 1, KNOWING] * * * … Universalium
unknowing — 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 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unknowing — 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 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unknowing — adj. & n. adj. (often foll. by of) not knowing; ignorant, unconscious. n. ignorance (cloud of unknowing). Derivatives: unknowingly adv. unknowingness n … Useful english dictionary
unknowing — I. adjective Date: 14th century not knowing • unknowingly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century ignorance … New Collegiate Dictionary
unknowing — adjective Without knowing; ignorant. And when they had fulfilled the dayes, as they returned home, the chylde Jesus boode styll in hierusalem, vnknowinge to his father and mother … Wiktionary
