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Recent Examples of unknowing Was this teacher an unknowing servant of the patriarchy, as Kara Cooney would argue, or a naïve propagandist of the oil industry, as Riggs herself comes to believe? Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022 Obviously, Beth’s unknowing sterilization was a tragic event, a violation of bodily autonomy that nobody should go through. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2021 Their names and emails can then be used by bad actors to target them in various email schemes that can harm unknowing customers. Daniel Barber, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2021 Cybercriminals sent phishing emails to millions of users hoping an unknowing individual would open the malicious document. Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021 See all Example Sentences for unknowing 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknowing
Adjective
  • By my naive estimation, our home sat at least three blocks south of the street no wildfire could realistically cross in any event other than the biblical apocalypse.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
  • His first assignment is prosecuting Ma Ka-kit (Mason Fung), a naive young man pressured by his legal team into pleading guilty to drug charges despite his innocence.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But most are unaware of an 84-year-old law that allows U.S. employers to legally pay workers with disabilities based on their abilities, with no minimum.
    Doug Melville, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Inside the home, Ruzek also found a young girl named Zoe sitting in her room, unaware of the horror in the nearby bedroom.
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • They have been used before in crowded city centers in Europe to take innocent lives and spread fear.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • What does that have to do with innocent bystander Zac Efron?
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Steph Curry was ignorant of the NBA history at stake.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Russia, Iran, and many other countries criticize U.S. military interventions as arrogant, ignorant of local context, and unable to fashion either stable regimes or effective security structures.
    Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Organize your ideas with the timeless power of the triad—three points are simple, memorable, and impactful.
    Martin Gutmann, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The concept of the Brigade was simple: the members of our community needed to be better prepared for the future.
    Emma Marie Jenkinson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Such an exalted position also makes a school oblivious to what’s outside the fabled gates, no matter how many scholarships these schools award.
    David Galef/Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Some of it is a management team that is way too bullish about its prospects without realizing — or being oblivious to — how poor performing their broader industry is.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Immediately after catching the deep ball, Jokic blindly flipped the ball back over his head into open space, past the two unsuspecting Heat players.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Unleashed upon an unsuspecting public in 1977, Eraserhead initially left crowds confused and bewildered.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Unknowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknowing. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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