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French
Pronunciation
Preposition
à l’insu de
- unbeknownst to, unbeknown to, without the knowledge of
- Antonym: au vu et au su de
- Il était content à son insu. ― He was happy without realising it.
2011, Alain Séguy-Duclot, Recherches sur le langage, page 295:Il est possible qu’en émettant un message ayant une signification consciente apparemment claire, l’émetteur ait voulu en fait, à son propre insu, provoquer le récepteur et induire chez lui une réaction de rejet.- It is possible that in sending this message having such an apparently clear meaning, the sender had in fact wanted, unbeknownst to even themselves, to provoke the recipient and induce in him an angry reaction.
2009, Fernand Couturier, Un peuple et sa langue: Pour l'avenir du Québec, page 210:" […] Mais le Québec se fait tous les jours et à l’insu de ceux qui ne voudraient pas qu’il se fasse comme à l’insu de ceux qui le font."- But Québec is being made every day, unbeknownst to those who would prefer that it not be made, as well as unbeknownst to those who do.
2001, Jean-François Chappuit, Cruauté et amitié d'après Montaigne et Shakespeare : renaissance d'une théologie laïque, page 453:Cela ne se fait à l’insu de personne.- This is not done with anyone's knowledge.
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