unknowingly
/ʌnˈnəʊɪŋli/
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American sound/ʌnˈnəʊɪŋli/
ʌnˈnəʊɪŋli
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ʌn - ˈnəʊɪŋli -> unknowingly
Myanmar meaning
unknowingly [VnnouiNli] (adv) without being aware; မသိဘဲ။ အမှုမဲ့ အမှတ်မဲ့။ She had unknowingly given the patient the wrong medicine. အမှတ်တမဲ့ လူနာကို ဆေးမှားပေးမိသည်။ unknown (adj) 1. not known: မသိသော။ her unknown helper. မည်သူမှန်းမသိရသည့် ကူညီသူ။ 2. not famous; not well-known: လူသိနည်းသော။ အညတရ။ That actor was almost unknown before he played that part. အဲဒီအခန်းကို သရုပ်မဆောင်မီက သူ့ကို လူမသိသလောက်ဘဲ။
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- ‘Here we have the heart of the fallacy, or rather an unknowing dissection of the fallacy by one of its authors.’
- ‘For the unknowing reader, where is Chaco in comparison to Aztec in comparison to Paquimé?’
- ‘But the tactic can expose individuals who may be unknowing accomplices, as an Irish woman discovered 15 years ago.’
- ‘May I commend you brother, for the unspeakable truths you have revealed to the average unknowing Canadian.’
- ‘Even worse for many family members is the feeling that they acted as unknowing accomplices to the U.S. government.’
- ‘Unfortunately, it is difficult to know exactly how widespread the problem is because many infected bottles are consumed by unknowing drinkers who blame the off taste on the wine itself.’
- ‘To the unknowing wanderer, the setup could easily pass as a record store, complete with listening stations, loads of records, CDs and merchandise.’
- ‘To the unknowing bystander it must have looked as if we were 3 youths who had robbed the car and were on a malicious ‘joyride’ around town bent on defacing it as if we were in a Demolition Derby.’
- ‘At the centre of the plot is Rosalind who, dressed as a young man, teaches her unknowing suitor Orlando the surest way to win a woman's heart.’
- ‘Others ask whether it is not already happening again, before our unknowing eyes because we do not yet know the right questions to ask.’
- ‘Pursued across the continent by her domineering mother and agent, she hitches a ride with an unknowing gang of holidaymakers.’
- ‘The play concerns the unknowing inheritance of a fatal sexually transmitted disease by the artist son of an outwardly respectable father, who has died by the time the play begins.’
- ‘The goal is to cause the unknowing victim to lose his teeth as if the result of natural causes.’
- ‘Some of the most successful moments of the project therefore were the spontaneous reactions and participation from the unknowing public, and the happenings that characterise this particular city block.’
- ‘And at the same time it doesn't tell us much about Herb Alpert except that his Tijuana Brass were the kind of slick studio boys who could play behind anything - even in their virtual, unknowing sleep!’
- ‘I don't think I look pregnant to the unknowing eye (like I've always had this little paunch), but to those who do know it's there, it's really there.’
- ‘The thought of our two innocent, unknowing birds having their wings clipped and being put behind a high fence was disturbing.’
- ‘When he first went to Munster he was considered a journeyman by unknowing supporters, but he has become infinitely more than that.’
- ‘A problem that any composition teacher will be aware of is unknowing imitation.’
- ‘Faced with this depressing reality, a resentment is born and carefully nourished against the unknowing spouse for his failure to make frequent declarations of his appreciation and regard.’
Synonyms
accidental, benightedness, blank, blind, caught napping, daydreaming, deaf, ignorant, in the dark, inadvertent, inattentive, ingenuous, innocent, lack of education, lack of knowledge, naive, negligent, not informed, not knowing, not told, oblivious, out of it, out to lunch, unaware, unbriefed, unconscious, uneducated, unenlightened, unenlightenment, unforeseen, uniformed, uninformed, uninstructed, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unschooled, unwitting
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