Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking knowledge or awareness; unaware.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not cognizant; failing to cognize or apprehend. Also spelled
incognisant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking
knowledge ;unaware (of)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (often followed by `of') not aware
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Examples
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Stephen Lathrop: The satirical point of the Steinberg illustration was, of course, that New Yorkers are so wrapped up in their “microcosm” that they are incognizant of the macrocosm.
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This de-reform has rendered us totally incognizant of which profligate special interest group is spending how much money for what candidate or why or when or where it's given.
Will Durst: Helen Keller's Mushrooms Will Durst 2010
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Add her unexpected, green eyes in her flawless, brown skin and the fact that she seemed completely incognizant of what a stunningly beautiful, young woman she was growing into and Keshari was a force to be reckoned with even then.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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The satirical point of the Steinberg illustration was, of course, that New Yorkers are so wrapped up in their “microcosm” that they are incognizant of the macrocosm.
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This de-reform has rendered us totally incognizant of which profligate special interest group is spending how much money for what candidate or why or when or where it's given.
Will Durst: Helen Keller's Mushrooms Will Durst 2010
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Add her unexpected, green eyes in her flawless, brown skin and the fact that she seemed completely incognizant of what a stunningly beautiful, young woman she was growing into and Keshari was a force to be reckoned with even then.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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Add her unexpected, green eyes in her flawless, brown skin and the fact that she seemed completely incognizant of what a stunningly beautiful, young woman she was growing into and Keshari was a force to be reckoned with even then.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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Add her unexpected, green eyes in her flawless, brown skin and the fact that she seemed completely incognizant of what a stunningly beautiful, young woman she was growing into and Keshari was a force to be reckoned with even then.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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This de-reform has rendered us totally incognizant of which profligate special interest group is spending how much money for what candidate or why or when or where it's given.
Will Durst: Helen Keller's Mushrooms Will Durst 2010
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This de-reform has rendered us totally incognizant of which profligate special interest group is spending how much money for what candidate or why or when or where it's given.
Will Durst: Helen Keller's Mushrooms Will Durst 2010
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