unwitting
unwitting
Definition
un·wit·ting (-wit′iŋ)
adjective
- not knowing; unaware
- not intended; unintentional
Etymology: ME unwiting, altered < OE unwitende < un-, not + prp. of witan, to know: see wit
- unwithering
- unwitnessed
un·wit′·tingly adverb
unwitting
Synonyms
unwitting
modif.
Unconscious
senseless, numb, comatose; see unconscious 1.Unintentional
chance, inadvertent, accidental; see haphazard.
unwitting
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- accomplice: Notes Rebekah's scheming continued again with Isaac an unwitting accomplice.
- pawn: Throughout time, man has been an unwitting pawn in the battle waged between heaven and hell.
- prejudice: Organizations are required to examine all their functions and policies to determine that unwitting prejudice is not taking place.
- racism: He must be said to have been infected by unwitting racism in this regard.
- testimony: The unwitting testimony given by the contents of the published reports of the NFS help explain why this merger did not take place.
- victim: Wind is an unwitting victim of the power sector's fall from grace.
Modifying Another Word
- perhaps: On another, tho, it is a study, albeit perhaps unwitting, in the process of storytelling itself.
- also: Explanations for wrongdoing The report suggests that racism can be murderous and violent and also unwitting and unintentional.
- often: The Soviet Union quarantined itself and many of its often unwitting captives and clients from the rigors of international capitalism.
Browse dictionary entries near unwitting
- unwish
- unwisely
- unwise
- unwind a trade
- unwind
- unwillingly
- unwilling
- unwieldy
- unwholesome
- unwept
- unwittingly
- unwonted
- unworldly
- unworthy
- unwound
- unwrap
- unwritten
- unwritten law
- unyielding
- unyoke
