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
Rayner claimed her mistake was unwitting and based on poor legal advice.
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Max Foster, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Their heroic efforts to get product out the door, by focusing on resolving the crisis without addressing its underlying cause, created the conditions for new problems to emerge, turning the project managers into unwitting firefighting arsonists.
—Nelson P. Repenning, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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
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Max Foster, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Their heroic efforts to get product out the door, by focusing on resolving the crisis without addressing its underlying cause, created the conditions for new problems to emerge, turning the project managers into unwitting firefighting arsonists.
—Nelson P. Repenning, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwitting
Adjective
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At the time, Anderson called it an accidental error.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Americans started brightly and confidently, getting control in midfield and probing with intent, but chances were rare, with the first real effort somewhat accidental as Zavier Gozo’s cross from the left clipped the top of the bar.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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His fellow students were largely unaware of his baseball stardom.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
13 Oct. 2025
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Most of our friends were unaware of what was happening.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Pally goes with the flow as well as anyone, which puts an interviewer at ease — as that’s when inadvertent insults can happen.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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There’s concern among some Republicans that US soybean farmers, who compete with their Argentine peers to sell the crop to China, may be inadvertent victims of the rescue plan.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This is not to say that Woody was oblivious to my problems.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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In terms of emotions, these Red Sox — and a goodly number of their fans — are just doing their thing, seemingly oblivious of the Yankees.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The pilot has moments both sweet and funny, and sets up the possibility of romance amongst the characters, as well as further high jinks from a rotating cast of license seekers and citizens ignorant of the requirements for a Real ID.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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At the time, central Appalachia was widely depicted in the popular press as a backward, ignorant region whose mountainous terrain kept its people isolated, outside the flow of progress – a stereotype still common today.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Unwitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwitting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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