unwit
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unwit
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Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes are unwitting film fest stars as documentaries about problematic tech titans have dominated news coming out of prestigious film festivals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The details of the incident are still unclear, but investigations are exploring whether Iran used potentially unwitting criminal proxies to orchestrate the plot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Marines implanted an unwitting woman with a genetically modified embryo in order to produce one of its new class of supersoldiers.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Starship Troopers” was the Dutch director’s joke about how quickly the U.S. could slide into unwitting fascism, using author Robert Heinlein’s unironic authoritarian bent as the set-up to his punchline.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
"They had to be totally unwitting about what was going on."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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