"unknowing" meaning in English

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        "Without knowing; ignorant."
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "jāhil",
          "sense": "without knowing",
          "word": "جَاهِل"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "without knowing",
          "word": "onwetend"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "sense": "without knowing",
          "word": "tietämätön"
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          "sense": "without knowing",
          "word": "epätietoinen"
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          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "unkunnands",
          "sense": "without knowing",
          "word": "𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃"
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          "roman": "unwitands",
          "sense": "without knowing",
          "word": "𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nésvesen",
          "sense": "without knowing",
          "word": "не́свесен"
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          "sense": "without knowing",
          "word": "onweetent"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "without knowing",
          "word": "bezwiedny"
        }
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        "Unknown, unbeknownst (to someone)."
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        "(obsolete) Unknown, unbeknownst (to someone)."
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jāhil",
      "sense": "without knowing",
      "word": "جَاهِل"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without knowing",
      "word": "onwetend"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without knowing",
      "word": "tietämätön"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without knowing",
      "word": "epätietoinen"
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      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "unkunnands",
      "sense": "without knowing",
      "word": "𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃"
    },
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      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "unwitands",
      "sense": "without knowing",
      "word": "𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nésvesen",
      "sense": "without knowing",
      "word": "не́свесен"
    },
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "without knowing",
      "word": "onweetent"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without knowing",
      "word": "bezwiedny"
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