1
as in accidental
happening by chance
an unwitting mistake made in copying the material
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2
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 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.
—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
Access to the roof will be granted to visitors, to peer out from the place where the Beatles played a surprise show to an unwitting audience of Swinging London citizenry until police pulled the plug.
—Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
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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.
—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
Access to the roof will be granted to visitors, to peer out from the place where the Beatles played a surprise show to an unwitting audience of Swinging London citizenry until police pulled the plug.
—Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwitting
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In a joint statement posted to Facebook on Tuesday, the Defiance County Sheriff's Office and the Defiance County Prosecutor's Office said the boy died in an accidental shooting on Saturday.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Lineage Logistics has previously been accused of failing to comply with safety regulations to prevent the accidental release of anhydrous ammonia.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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However, many bettors are unaware of the unique tax consequences when gambling on sports that can leave many bettors with a large tax bill at the end of the year.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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In the midst of Parker's relationship with Griffin in 2019, Prior was helping her with some medical bills and was unaware of Parker making big purchases with her new boyfriend.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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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.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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However, after Monday's inadvertent alarm, the office is looking at that policy.—
Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Clement’s sad-sack charm successfully boosts the leap of faith required to keep Steve from becoming an oblivious creep, but the show belongs to Walker.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Golden retrievers remained cheerfully oblivious as usual.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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Their earliest performances could be fun and irreverent, too, but Boy George says they were also marred by ignorant, homophobic heckling.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
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And using both words does not reveal that a person is ignorant but rather cosmopolitan.—
Kirk Bowman,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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“Unwitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwitting. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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