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unknowing Definition

un·know·ing (-nō)

adjective

not knowing; ignorant or unaware

unknowing Related Forms
un·know·ingly adverb
unknowing Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • dart: And smite upon that thick cloud of unknowing with a sharp dart of longing love; and go not thence for thing that befalleth.

Modifies a noun

  • victim: We become unknowing victims of this game by denying the deeper meaning of our experiences.
  • audience: There's a great pleasure to found in throwing an unknowing audience a curve ball set something up one way and completely surprise.
  • public: So many questions, few answers and fewer ' realities ' have been presented to the unknowing public that WILL be answered here.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: It is amazing that someone who claims to be a transport consultant should be so unknowing about the way government funding works.

Browse dictionary entries near unknowing

  1. unknowable
  2. unknot
  3. unknit
  4. unkindly
  5. unkind
  6. unkennel
  7. unkenned
  8. unkempt
  9. unjustly
  10. unjustifiably
  1. unknown
  2. Unknown Soldier
  3. unlace
  4. unlade
  5. unladylike
  6. unlash
  7. unlatch
  8. unlawful
  9. unlawful act
  10. unlawful assembly