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# unknowing

adjective (unknowing)

«unknowing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unknowing means not knowing or not aware of what is happening, often of something important. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unknowing/#m1)
2. An unknowing helper does something without realising what it is part of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unknowing/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and mysteries: an unknowing victim, an unknowing helper, unknowing of danger. In science: germs can be spread by unknowing carriers. It tells the reader a character does not know what the reader knows (dramatic irony). The adverb «unknowingly» is very common.

### Examples

- The unknowing guard let the thief into the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unknowing/#x1)
- She was unknowing of the surprise party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unknowing/#x2)
- Germs can be spread by unknowing people with no symptoms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unknowing/#x3)
- The unknowing fish swam towards the hook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unknowing/#x4)
- He unknowingly took the wrong bag home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unknowing/#x5)
- The cat sat unknowing on the remote control. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unknowing/#x6)

### Note

Close to «unaware» and «unwitting». The adverb is «unknowingly». Different from «unknown» (not known to others).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unknowing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unknowing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unknowing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unknowing.html) on Mova free.