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• n  ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
• s  unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

• The idea is to turn up inconsistencies in a terrorist's made-up story (or at least rattle him into a panic) and also expose individuals who may be unknowing accomplices.
• Ever more desperate feds are scouring Washington-area pawn shops in the hope that an unknowing thief tried to cash the notebook in.
• Since the early days of the AIDS epidemic, researchers have reasoned that a handful of people -- maybe even a single individual -- bore the unknowing responsibility for having .

• ignorantness
• nescience
• unknowingness
• ignorant
• unknowledgeable
• unwitting

News & Articles

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• Clemson police report reveals fingerprints were found in investigation of vandalism to Howard’s Rock
  CLEMSON – To an unknowing passerby, it’s hard to tell anything’s changed.
  June 13, 2013 - The Post and Courier
• Clemson police report reveals fingerprints were found in investigation of vandaliism to Howard’s Rock
  CLEMSON – To an unknowing passerby, it’s hard to tell anything’s changed.
  June 13, 2013 - The Post and Courier
• Police report finds fingerprints, few other facts on Howard’s Rock vandalism
  CLEMSON – It’s hard to tell anything’s changed to an unknowing passerby. There’s an 80-yard stretch of Williamson Road under construction, detouring traffic during the summer months.
  June 13, 2013 - The Post and Courier

Quotes

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• Ariel Toaff in USA Today
  Such acts were "instinctive, visceral, virulent actions and reactions, in which innocent and unknowing children became victims of the love of God and of vengeance," Toaff wrote in the book's preface. "Their blood bathed the altars of a God...
• Emma Thompson in International Herald Tribune
  What's so touching about him in this is you imagine an actor really trying to be ordinary and nice, and I think Will is that person,Thompson said. "He really does have a kind of very innocent, very unknowing, almost unsophisticated quality...
• Abu Bakar Bashir in Bhatkallys
  I really disapprove of bombings in non-conflict areas for whatever reason, including in Bali , because it can be almost certain that innocent and unknowing victims would fall,Bashir said in a statement.