incognizant
Lacking any awareness
Incognizant means unaware or lacking knowledge of something: He seemed incognizant of the effect his words had on others.
The word is formal and relatively uncommon—most speakers would say unaware or oblivious instead.
The committee remained incognizant of the brewing scandal.
Lacking any awareness
- unmindfulLacking awareness or attention
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- unseeingLacking visual perception
unnoticing · blind · inattentive · unobservant · unsuspecting · unperceiving · undiscerning · unheeding
Lacking knowledge or awareness
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
- untutoredWithout formal instruction
unlearned · uninstructed · unbriefed · ill-informed · misinformed · nescient · unversed · unacquainted
oblivious
Lacking any awareness
- unmindfulLacking awareness or attention
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
unseeing · unnoticing · blind · inattentive · unobservant · unsuspecting · unperceiving · undiscerning · unheeding · insensible
ignorant
Lacking knowledge or awareness
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
untutored · unlearned · uninstructed · unbriefed · ill-informed · misinformed · nescient · unversed · unacquainted · uninitiated
innocent
Free from moral wrong
- gullibleEasily deceived
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- credulousProne to blind trust
trusting · unworldly · green · artless · guileless · impressionable · ingenuous · wide-eyed · childlike · unsuspecting