知らず

Meaning

1. n-suf
   not having; unaffected by
2. conj
   aside; I don't know about ...
3. conj archaic
   I know not whether; I know not if

Example sentences

• 彼は何事も程々という事を知らず、いつも極端に走ってしまう。

  He is the kind of man who cannot do anything in moderation, but always goes to extremes.

• 生物は、実がついにそのうちの１つにわかり始めるまで、３０億年以上の間、全くその理由を知らずに地球上に存在していた。

  Living organisms had existed on earth, without ever knowing why, for over three thousand million years before the truth finally dawned on one of them.

• 世間知らずにもほどがある。井の中の蛙大海を知らず、ということかね。

  I can't believe you're so clueless. You're like a babe in the woods.