unknowing
5
5.8
- adjective
- /ʌnˈnoʊɪŋ/
:
desconocedor
- I quite realise that it was my father's misfortune... to be the unwilling, unknowing cause of tragedy.
If you don't know the science of sleep, you know, I would be just as as unknowing.
- If you don't know the science of sleep, you know, I would be just as as unknowing.
Examples
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Lainey poured herself more coffee, thinking only how easy this had been, how matter-of-fact, how unknowing the children were.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hedges has stated his opposition to fascism, but I see him as being an unknowing facilitator of fascism.
Blog text (8) -
And looked unknowing on his future bride.
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I didn't want to believe that this daily unknowing feeling of being lost was my life.
Blog text (13) -
But many disabilities may be invisible to an unknowing observer.
Academic text (2014) -
An unknowing teacher just gave her two test-grade zeroes for forgetting the project due today.
Academic text (2005) -
A rogue hunter, a clueless witch, and a mission to save an unknowing world.
Blog text (20) -
By playing the unknowing boys as pawns in their racial insult, the adults ironically undermine their own responsibility.
Academic text (2000) -
For example, I noted that one Kakapo died after ingesting spoiled walnuts provided by an unknowing recovery team.
Academic text (2012) -
The unknowing tourists wandered through the ancient ruins, unaware of the site's rich history.
Synonyms
367
3.7
Not knowing about something or how it works
175
2.9
Not knowing that something is happening or true
110
5.5
Not told about important things, so you do not know them
96
4.3
Not knowing about a subject or how to do something
76
6.3
Not noticing what happens around you
42
3.7
Not knowing about a subject or situation
29
4.1
Not knowing much about something
17
6.7
Not aware of what is happening and not done on purpose
8
8.0
People who do not know about a subject or activity
2
7.0
Not understanding what someone says or means
1
7.2
Not aware of what is happening around you
1
7.1
Not knowing much about a subject
1
6.5
Not familiar with someone or something
1
6.7
Not knowing about something because you have no experience with it
1
8.8
Not aware of what is happening around you
Not aware or warned about something that needs attention
Not noticing things around you
Not understanding something that is said or shown
Antonyms
How Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
unknowing = knowing (transparent) = un + know + ing
Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to 'knowing'; meaning is directly 'not knowing'.
Etymology
Unknowing is made from un- meaning 'not' and know meaning 'to have information or be aware'. So, unknowing simply describes someone who does not know or is unaware of something.