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   unwitting

   /ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) not aware of the full facts: "an unwitting accomplice" Similar unknowingunconsciousunsuspectingobliviousunawareinnocentunmindfuluninformedignorantunenlightenedinformal:in the darkrare:incognizantnescientOpposite wittingknowing
   • 2. not done on purpose; unintentional: "we are anxious to rectify the unwitting mistakes made in the past" Similar unintentionalunintendedinadvertentinvoluntaryunmeantunthinkingunplannedunpremeditatedunconsciousaccidentalchanceOpposite deliberateconscious

   Word Origin Old Englishunwitende ‘not knowing or realizing’ (see un-1, wit2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. unwittingness noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishUNWITTING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   without knowing or planning: The two women claimed they were the unwitting victims of a drug dealer who planted a large quantity of heroin in their luggage. Synonym. unknowing literary. Opposites. conscious (NOTICING) witting. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not expected or planned. abrupt end. abrupt halt. abruptly. abruptness. ad hoc

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   The meaning of UNWITTING is not knowing : unaware. How to use unwitting in a sentence.

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   Unwitting definition: not intentional or deliberate; inadvertent; accidental. See examples of UNWITTING used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishUNWITTING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you describe a person or their actions as unwitting, you mean that the person does something or is involved in something without realizing it. We're unwitting victims of the system. It had been an unwitting blunder on the Prime Minister's part.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › unwittingUnwitting - definition of unwitting by The Free Dictionary

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   Define unwitting. unwitting synonyms, unwitting pronunciation, unwitting translation, English dictionary definition of unwitting. adj. 1. Not knowing; unaware: an unwitting subject in an experiment. 2. Not intended; unintentional: an unwitting admission of guilt. un·wit′ting·ly adv....

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryUNWITTING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   without knowing or planning: The two women claimed they were the unwitting victims of a drug dealer who planted a large quantity of heroin in their luggage. Synonym. unknowing literary. Opposites. conscious (NOTICING) witting. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not expected or planned. abrupt end. abrupt halt. abruptly. abruptness. ad hoc

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › unwittingunwitting adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   unwitting. adjective. /ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ/. /ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ/. [only before noun] not aware of what you are doing or of the situation you are involved in. He became an unwitting accomplice in the crime. She was the unwitting cause of the argument. They had been made unwitting tools of the regime.