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
Watching his victims struggle to stay alive is cinema to this twisted soul and Zephyr will be his next unwitting protagonist.
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
In these schemes, paying customers can route their internet traffic through unwitting victims' routers, obscuring their own location while the victim's device (and IP address) bears the blame.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
Sometimes, government regulators can become their unwitting accomplices.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 May 2025
The fake banking app, distributed via Telegram, reflects a broader strategy where messaging platforms become unwitting conduits for malicious activities.
—Yaamini Barathi Mohan, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
In these schemes, paying customers can route their internet traffic through unwitting victims' routers, obscuring their own location while the victim's device (and IP address) bears the blame.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
Sometimes, government regulators can become their unwitting accomplices.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 May 2025
The fake banking app, distributed via Telegram, reflects a broader strategy where messaging platforms become unwitting conduits for malicious activities.
—Yaamini Barathi Mohan, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwitting
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Insider threats—whether malicious or accidental—are the Trojan Horse of modern cybersecurity.—
Muhi S. Majzoub,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Her manner of death was determined to be accidental.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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This makes travel potentially more dangerous, especially for those who are unaware of these evolving challenges.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The postal worker rings the doorbell to alert the homeowner that a dog is waiting outside for them, unaware that Felix's family is searching for the pup.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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Participants worried that the policy has an inadvertent chilling effect, deterring individuals from calling 911 when an overdose occurs.—
Katherine LeMasters,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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The team representative and the driver apologised for the inadvertent breach.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Many kids want to keep playing at the park or in the pool, totally oblivious to the fact that their parents are desperate to sit in front of the AC for a few minutes.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
27 June 2025
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Meanwhile, at Casa, an oblivious Cierra is starting to make a connection with bombshell Elan.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2025
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The former Fox host Tucker Carlson, who opposed such an operation, sparred with two boosters: the current Fox host Mark Levin, and the Republican senator Ted Cruz, whom Carlson revealed to be ignorant of basic facts about Iran in a clip that went viral.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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Maybe LLMs get us 80% of the way there without any oversight, but skipping the context and being completely ignorant of what the machine is doing is typically not a good idea, partly for the reasons that the panelists laid out.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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“Unwitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwitting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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