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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
The series also introduces Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly), one of many Black soldiers used as (unwitting) test subjects of a new Super Soldier Serum during the Korean War.
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Will Harris, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Finding cash within the continent could be an unwitting boon if President Donald Trump’s tariff threats against European allies come to a head.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
For one, everyone will feel deeply betrayed by Helena, yet sympathetic to Helly R.’s unwitting abetting.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
Pan's parents and their unwitting companions were eventually placed under surveillance at a North Carolina hotel, where Marshals interviewed a clerk after the Pans checked out.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
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Will Harris, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Finding cash within the continent could be an unwitting boon if President Donald Trump’s tariff threats against European allies come to a head.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
For one, everyone will feel deeply betrayed by Helena, yet sympathetic to Helly R.’s unwitting abetting.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
Pan's parents and their unwitting companions were eventually placed under surveillance at a North Carolina hotel, where Marshals interviewed a clerk after the Pans checked out.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwitting
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The review found that many of the deaths reported to VAERS claiming to be linked to the MMR included children who has serious underlying medical conditions or had deaths that were unrelated to the vaccine, including accidental deaths.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Authorities are urging residents to stay updated with NWS alerts and follow all fire safety guidelines to prevent accidental wildfires.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Not even Scheffler himself was unaware of his heroics in winning The PLAYERS a year ago.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Schneider allegedly was unaware of the pivotal scene in which Brando’s character anally rapes her character using a stick of butter as lubricant.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the inadvertent possibility, there is also the act by a user that explicitly tells generative AI to promote a particular addiction.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Some systems rely on very old programming languages, Flick said in her affidavit, and are vulnerable to being broken by inadvertent user error.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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What follows is a quest for somebody named Ralph Sampson, recently on the lam—born poor, grown rich, and, according to his daughter, wholly oblivious to the needs of the Mexican workers on his ranch, not far from Bakersfield, who are now on strike.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Children were playing badminton, oblivious of the ancient church looming behind them.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Musk’s blind and ignorant closing of USAID has blacked out our billboard to the world of what America is about.—
Llewellyn King,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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For one thing, Overstreet seemed set on portraying Black history in a way that was neither overly dour nor entirely ignorant of past violence.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Unwitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwitting. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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