incognizant

Example Sentences

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Personal tragedy had no more importance than the incognizant plight of insects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

As his father was failing and incognizant, Gabrus bathed him and changed his diapers; he still thinks of the family living room in Long Island as the “spot where my father was dying.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2017

Why deem incognizant An infinitely higher than ourselves?

From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

We cannot suppose him, on the night of the fatal Sunday, both innocent himself and incognizant of an outrage committed.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker

Of those around him it was quite clear that he was altogether incognizant.

From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William