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Recent Examples of unwitting But when his seedy neighbor, Russ (Matt Smith), skips town and leaves him with a key that unlocks unknown valuables, Hank becomes the unwitting target of bloodthirsty gangsters. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025 The evil entertainer has yet to force-feed or directly torture any of his unwitting audience members with excrement. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025 Her husband, Mitchell, became an unwitting participant in a trick that was equal parts wholesome and hilarious. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025 The booth attendant handed him a pair of boxes filled to the brim, an apology for the unwitting prank on North Carolina’s new coach, who also happens to be the most accomplished NFL coach of all time and the biggest new face in college football. David Ubben, New York Times, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for unwitting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwitting
Adjective
  • Police determined the injury was accidental and not child abuse.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The sound does much of the work in action sequences obscured by blinding snowstorms and flashing emergency lights, punctuated by creative acts of accidental self-harm that save our protagonists from certain death more than once.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet, travelers are unaware of this and therefore do not seek information and plan itineraries accordingly prior to departure.
    Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Two men — drunk named Liam, played by Callum Turner, and a family man named Nick, played by George Mackay — unaware of the vessel’s past, are hired by the families of the deceased crew to go out once more.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • At one point during the argument, Barrow's fist allegedly made inadvertent contact with his wife's facial area, sports journalist Andy Slater reported, citing police.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Last Tuesday, Osaka wore a red-and-black Nike outfit in her first-round US Open victory, a color choice that created an inadvertent homage to Serena Williams’ 2018 French Open catsuit.
    Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • No, Carol walks up, oblivious to all danger.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And when that fish, in turn, succumbs to the claws of a bald eagle, its DDT dense meat becomes a poisonous lunch for an oblivious bird.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Any suggestion that this is some kind of victory for Combs is ignorant.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In this case, the problem is ethics in the medical profession, as young doctor Andrew Manson (Robert Donat) moves from idealism to disillusionment and back again when faced with ignorant patients who are skeptical of his conclusions, economic hardship, and crooked colleagues.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Unwitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwitting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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