1
as in accidental
happening by chance
an unwitting mistake made in copying the material
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as in unaware
not informed about or aware of something
an unwitting accomplice to the crime
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Recent Examples of unwitting
Investigators said Hunter killed her after a get-together with neighbors at her College Park apartment building and enlisted the party’s unwitting host in moving her car out of the area.
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Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2026
The unwitting consumers are generally parents, given the price point – $1,500 to $3,000 – Moore said.
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Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.
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Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2026
That scheme involved operatives impersonating recruiters and executive search consultants on LinkedIn and Telegram and then sending unwitting job-seeking targets standard technical coding tests laced with malware.
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Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2026
The unwitting consumers are generally parents, given the price point – $1,500 to $3,000 – Moore said.
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Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.
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Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2026
That scheme involved operatives impersonating recruiters and executive search consultants on LinkedIn and Telegram and then sending unwitting job-seeking targets standard technical coding tests laced with malware.
—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwitting
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Fire departments have also partnered with the APA to hand out buckets so consumer fireworks users can douse used fireworks, reducing the risk of accidental fires.
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While many may have had one as children, the inception of the toy was accidental.
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Rothrock said there is no specific type of offender, such as a foreign visitor unaware of American laws.
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Although unaware of Rangnick’s comments, Bentaleb echoed the Austrian coach’s words.
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Only a few minutes earlier, Abulaila endured an inadvertent slap to his throat by Arnautovic on a pass into the box.
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However, after Monday's inadvertent alarm, the office is looking at that policy.
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In the room next door, Aaresh plays video games with his friend, like any other 12-year-old boy, taking a break from his homework and studying for a French exam, and oblivious to how his parents’ fight could change his life and those of others like him.
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The bear was completely oblivious to this crowd of people screaming and throwing things at it.
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Let’s hope that George Santayana’s warning to those ignorant of history about the past repeating itself makes an exception for our present Defense Department.
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And then there are amateur collectors like me, who might not know ironstone from porcelain, but whose last day on earth could be spent touching old objects in ignorant bliss.
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“Unwitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwitting. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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