unknowing
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unknowing
Synonyms: Adjective
aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, green, ingenuous, innocent, naïf (or naif), naive (or naïve), primitive, simple, simpleminded, uncritical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyed
Antonyms: Adjective
cosmopolitan, experienced, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
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those unknowing people who think that the world is a kindly place are in for a rude awakening the poor woman has been the unknowing target of some pretty vicious gossipRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
All of this is tucked behind a traditional mews-style entrance on Adam’s Row that an unknowing passerby may not give a second glance, which would explain the appeal for the first guest here--a celebrated actor in town to film a movie. — Rima Suqi, WSJ, "The Apartment to Book When Work Brings You to London for a While," 11 Dec. 2018 And the story didn’t specify whether the contract was knowing or unknowing, like what the nature of it was, but the headline was incredibly damning, right? — Eric Johnson, Recode, "The media is responsible for President Trump and it still hasn’t learned from 2016, says Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi," 18 Oct. 2018 Left to her lonesome, the same feelings of uncertainty and unknowing that so distressed her at home become oddly liberating, bolstering her quiet curiosity and spirit of adventure. — Marley Marius, Vogue, "5 Solo Trips Inspired by Female Travelers in Film," 7 Aug. 2018 The most famous pathogen, of course, is HIV, closely followed by Hepatitis C. These viruses were spread throughout the blood supply to unknowing recipients for years before tests to screen for them were developed. — Laura Landro, WSJ, "‘Nine Pints’ Review: The Stuff of Life," 29 Oct. 2018 By saying upfront that the Play Store doesn’t have Fortnite, Google is attempting to protect unknowing users who might download some malicious clone of the app. — Shannon Liao, The Verge, "Google Play warns users it doesn’t carry Fortnite Battle Royale," 10 Aug. 2018 The ordeal, which lasted for a matter of seconds, merely looks awkward to the unknowing eye. — Emily Stewart, Vox, "Trump walked (briefly) in front of the queen, and apparently that’s not allowed," 14 July 2018 Game 2 of this already fascinating Western Conference finals went to the coach who was constantly criticized by the unknowing masses from Monday night through Wednesday evening. — Brian T. Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, "View from Houston: D’Antoni won’t overreact to criticism," 18 May 2018 What data did Facebook use to train its dating algorithms, possibly all the dating apps that required Facebook logins to use were merely unknowing data vacuums for platform. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Full transcript: Former Facebook ad targeting boss Antonio García-Martínez on Too Embarrassed to Ask," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unknowing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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