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unwitting

[ uhn-wit-ing ]

adjective

  1. not intentional or deliberate; inadvertent; accidental:

    His insult, though unwitting, pained her.

  2. an unwitting person.



unwitting

/ ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ /

adjective

  1. not knowing or conscious
  2. not intentional; inadvertent
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Derived Forms

  • unˈwittingness, noun
  • unˈwittingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • un·wit·ting·ly adverb
  • un·wit·ting·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unwitting1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English unwittende; un- 1, wit 2, -ing 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unwitting1

Old English unwitende, from un- 1+ witting, present participle of witan to know; related to Old High German wizzan to know, Old Norse vita
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Example Sentences

The responses showed how companies collected information on unwitting consumers about household income, activities elsewhere on the internet, their location and more.

The complaint said she did so by “enlisting the unwitting aide” of her former husband, Jean, to put together a Fugees tour for the second half of 2023 using an independent live music concert promoter.

Think of it more as a work of theater that unfolds throughout Little Tokyo, a game that allows us to become the protagonist, and every stranger an unwitting extra.

But how he responds to the horror of his unwitting actions is what makes his tale so eternally meaningful.

Other times, pirates are unwitting consumers who don’t know they’re putting themselves at risk when they stream illegally, he said.

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