Meanings
adverbunknowingly (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout awareness, without intent.
An endianness difference can cause problems if a computer unknowingly tries to read binary data written in the opposite format from a shared memory location or file.
2012, Albert J. Marcella, Cyber Forensics, page 116Synonyms: unwittingly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbWithout awareness, without intent.
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Arabic بِغَيْرِ عِلْم
- بِغَيْرِ عِلْم (biḡayri ʕilm)without awareness, without intent
Dutch zonder het zelf te weten, onbewust
- zonder het zelf te wetenwithout awareness, without intent
- onbewustwithout awareness, without intent
Finnish tietämättään
- tietämättäänwithout awareness, without intent
French sans le savoir, inconsciemment
- sans le savoirwithout awareness, without intent
- inconsciemmentwithout awareness, without intent
- sans s'en rendre comptewithout awareness, without intent
German unbewusst
- unbewusstwithout awareness, without intent
Irish gan fhios
- gan fhioswithout awareness, without intent
Polish bezwiednie
- bezwiedniewithout awareness, without intent
Russian бессозна́тельно
- бессозна́тельно (bessoznátelʹno)without awareness, without intent
Scottish Gaelic gun fhiosta
- gun fhiostawithout awareness, without intent
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APA
unknowingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unknowingly
MLA
“unknowingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unknowingly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unknowingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unknowingly.
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