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unknowingly

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I was unknowingly doing all of his exercises, and he would turn my write ups in to the Professor.

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Quick take

without knowledge or intention; "he unwittingly deleted the references"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of unknowingly gathered in one view.

adverb

without knowledge or intention; "he unwittingly deleted the references"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unknowingly.

Example sentences

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I was unknowingly doing all of his exercises, and he would turn my write ups in to the Professor.

2

If I send a private email to a friend who has this installed, I've now unknowingly bcc'ed LinkedIn.

3

You unknowingly rented the place from this person, and during your stay, the real owner showed up and asked what you were doing in his house?

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If you violate a patent unknowingly, you are liable for damages.

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Those tests are markers to prevent you from unknowingly doing something that should have changed your behavior.

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I believe he, unknowingly, tasked these poor people with unreasonably big requests.

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In this case it was probably an issue of the web designer recklessly searching for a Texas-y background and Congressman Smith unknowingly using the copyrighted image.

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The discussion is on basic marketing which implies to the general populace, not HNers who are comfortable re-installing their OS. And you preface with "How odd..." either unknowingly or just plain condescendingly describing 95% of the computer buying public.

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I'm really getting sick of this, i really cant believe we live in a world where someone downloading a file, perhaps unknowingly, can potentially get more jail time than sex offenders and criminals who commit violent crime.

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If organizations directly, indirectly, knowingly or unknowingly allowed the NSA to tap Internet links, they could theoretically provide full data access, while at the same time publicly deny direct server or backdoor access.

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Protecting customers from misrepresentation unknowingly being sold something that does not match the logo stamped on it: fine; protecting a megacorp from its competitors selling something with similar design, but a different brand name: customers lose.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use unknowingly in a sentence?

I was unknowingly doing all of his exercises, and he would turn my write ups in to the Professor.

What does unknowingly mean?

without knowledge or intention; "he unwittingly deleted the references"

What part of speech is unknowingly?

unknowingly is commonly used as adverb.