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adv. - Without knowledge or intention.

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  • Adjective : unknowing aid to the enemy
  • Whether Mr. Rove did so "unknowingly" - a distinction that might spare him from the dock-remains to be seen.
  • Body Cavity Search Takes a Turn for the Worse -- During a rectal exam, immigration officers "unknowingly" pull out a seton.
  • As Shank puts it, Corbis "unknowingly" acquired a photo agency with a lax library management process, which resulted in images being lost.
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