Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unknowing

/ənnˈoʊɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: un-know-ing
IPA: /ənnˈoʊɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without knowing; ignorant.

adj

Unknown, unbeknownst (to someone).

Obsolete

noun

Absence of knowledge; ignorance of something.

Example Sentences

"And when they had fulfilled the dayes, as they returned home, the chylde Jesus boode styll in hierusalem, vnknowinge to his father and mother."
"Only later in the performance do we get that diegetically earlier moment, the moment when still earlier questions, fears, knowings, and unknowings congeal into the medical diagnosis of “positive.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- English know English -ing English knowing English unknowing From un- + knowing.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more unknowing (comparative) most unknowing (superlative) unknowings (plural)

Derived Forms

unknowingly unknowingness

Synonyms

ignorant unknowledgeable unwitting ignorantness nescience unknowingness

Rhymes With

going growing showing knowing throwing blowing flowing boeing glowing owing slowing undergoing

Questions

How do you pronounce unknowing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənnˈoʊɪŋ/.
What does unknowing mean?: Without knowing; ignorant.
Where does unknowing come from?: Etymology tree English un- English know English -ing English knowing English unknowing From un- + knowing.

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