incognizant

incognizant
/in kog"neuh zeuhnt/, adj.
not cognizant; without knowledge or awareness; unaware (usually fol. by of).
[1830-40; IN-3 + COGNIZANT]

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  • Incognizant — In*cog ni*zant, a. Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice. [1913 Webster] Of the several operations themselves, as acts of volition, we are wholly incognizant. Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incognizant — I adjective benighted, blind, clueless, deaf, heedless, ignorant, insensible, mystified, nescient, oblivious, unacquainted, unadvised, unapprized, unaware, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful,… …   Law dictionary

  • incognizant — (adj.) 1837, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + COGNIZANT (Cf. cognizant) …   Etymology dictionary

  • incognizant — (Amer.) adj. not cognizant; lacking knowledge, unconscious, unaware (also incognisant) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • incognizant — [in käg′nə zənt, inkän′əzənt] adj. not cognizant (of); unaware ( of) incognizance n …   English World dictionary

  • incognizant — adj. incognizant of * * * [ɪn kɒgnɪz(ə)nt] incognizant of …   Combinatory dictionary

  • incognizant — adjective Date: 1837 lacking awareness or consciousness < incognizant of the danger > • incognizance noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • incognizant — adjective Lacking knowledge; unaware (of) …   Wiktionary

  • incognizant — Synonyms and related words: a stranger to, asleep, blind to, caught napping, dead to, deaf to, impercipient, in ignorance of, insensible, insensible to, mindless, napping, nonconceiving, not with it, oblivious, out of it, unaware, unaware of,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • incognizant — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unaware (of). See ignorance …   English dictionary for students

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