unknowing

Example Sentences

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If they take her case, the justices will decide whether the fraudulent acts of a third-party tax preparer should expose unknowing clients to audits that could reach years into the past.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Much of “Flour” is concerned with the woman’s conversation with her driver about a parable from the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas that he is translating from Coptic—a tale, he says, about emptiness and unknowing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

"It was stressful as it relates to the unknowing" of what was going to happen, Hardwick said of the shutdown, adding that people were "annoyed and frustrated" by the impasse.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Sir Keir has stood by his culture secretary, telling her in reply that she had "acted in good faith", and he "noted the commissioner's findings that the error was unknowing".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

She had been such a child then—such a foolish, unknowing child.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson