unwitting

un·wit·ting

adjective \-ˈwi-tiŋ\

Definition of UNWITTING

1

: not knowing : unaware <kept the truth from their unwitting friends>

2

: not intended : inadvertent <an unwitting mistake>

— un·wit·ting·ly \-tiŋ-lē\ adverb

Examples of UNWITTING

1. He kept the truth from his unwitting friends.
2. an unwitting victim of fraud

First Known Use of UNWITTING

before 12th century

Related to UNWITTING

Synonyms

casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, accidental

Antonyms

calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set

Related Words

coincidental; freak, odd; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random; uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen; coerced, forced, involuntary; unconscious, unprompted

Near Antonyms

certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure; conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)

Rhymes with UNWITTING

befitting, earsplitting, fee splitting, fence-sitting, formfitting, hairsplitting, hard-hitting, house-sitting, pipe fitting, resitting, sidesplitting, steam fitting, unfitting