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adjective
Date: before 12th century
1. not knowing ; unaware <kept the truth from their unwitting friends> 2. not intended ; inadvertent <an unwitting mistake> • unwittingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Unwitting — Un*wit ting, a. Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. {Un*wit ting*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unwitting — I adjective accidental, adventitious, aimless, blind, chance, fortuitous, ignorant, inadvertent, insciens, inscius, involuntary, purposeless, thoughtless, unapprized, unaware, unconscious, undesigned, unexpected, uninformed, unintended,… … Law dictionary
unwitting — O.E. unwitende, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + witting (see WIT (Cf. wit)). Cf. O.H.G. unwizzanti, Ger. unwissend, O.N. uvitandi, Goth. unwitands. Rare after c.1600; revived c.1800 … Etymology dictionary
unwitting — [adj] without fully realizing accidental, aimless, chance, comatose, forgetful, haphazard, ignorant, inadvertent, incognizant, inconversant, innocent, involuntary, numb, oblivious, senseless, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, undesigned,… … New thesaurus
unwitting — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not aware of the full facts. 2) unintentional. DERIVATIVES unwittingly adverb. ORIGIN Old English, «not knowing or realizing» … English terms dictionary
unwitting — [unwit′iŋ] adj. [ME unwiting, altered < OE unwitende < un , not + prp. of witan, to know: see WIT2] 1. not knowing; unaware 2. not intended; unintentional unwittingly adv … English World dictionary
unwitting — [[t]ʌnwɪ̱tɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n 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… … English dictionary
unwitting — unwittingly, adv. unwittingness, n. /un wit ing/, adj. 1. inadvertent; unintentional; accidental: His insult, though unwitting, pained her. 2. not knowing; unaware; ignorant; oblivious; unconscious: an unwitting person. [bef. 900; ME; OE… … Universalium
unwitting — adjective 1) an unwitting accomplice Syn: unknowing, unconscious, unsuspecting, oblivious, unaware, innocent, in the dark Ant: knowing 2) an unwitting mistake Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
unwitting — adjective a) unaware or uninformed Some people, apparently, have thought about it and reached the conclusion that every case of being misinformed is unwitting b) unintentional See Also: unweeting, witting … Wiktionary
