UNWITTINGLY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

unwittingly

adverb

as in inadvertently

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Recent Examples of unwittingly Third place was Japanese director Sabu’s Arrested Memory, a crime caper about a detective with dementia who unwittingly wanders off with a multimillion-dollar ransom, sending cops and criminals on his trail. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026 Everyone had a tiny role to play, but unwittingly and based on incomplete information. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026 Geisinger isn’t the only hospital where young patients have unwittingly been exposed. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 The homeowner, Brett Bymaster, lauded officers for ending the chaotic situation swiftly and without any harm to his adult children, son-in-law, and young grandchildren who were unwittingly ensnared in the encounter. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 The case led in 2022 to investigations of four German museums that in some cases unwittingly acted as intermediaries for sales between the dealers and art museums worldwide. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Perhaps unwittingly, a casual investor who tries to diversify with a S&P 500 index fund is staking a third of their investment in the Magnificent Seven. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Released by Bristol City after three seasons as a mainstay of their team in the second-tier Championship, the former Manchester United academy kid unwittingly found himself in limbo. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 But because Detroit chose the offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers, Skubal has unwittingly become a villain around the league. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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Digger follows greedy, careless Digger as his company inadvertently catalyzes a disaster with global repercussions—then, whoopsie, sets off another for good measure.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
An organization can take its savings and inadvertently fill the space with more work.

— Prithvi Singh Shergill, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of inadvertently

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The problem is that many organizations have built that map accidentally.

— Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Cincinnati Reds longtime broadcaster Thom Brennaman was suspended indefinitely in 2020 after his microphone accidentally picked up him using a three-letter anti-gay slur.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of accidentally

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Leaders who are more concerned with receiving credit than creating results can unintentionally silence the very people who could move the business forward.

— Ramin Seyed, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Misgendering means using incorrect pronouns or other gendered language for someone, intentionally or unintentionally.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of unintentionally

Adverb

There’s also evidence that some mimicry happens unconsciously.

— Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2026
Perhaps the actions of England’s peasantry made such a formative impression on young Greengrass that he was unconsciously drawn to other stories with a similar thematic undercurrent.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of unconsciously

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And, fortuitously for would-be sponsors, something happened in tennis that made these arrangements even more appealing.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The earnings announcement was fortuitously timed, coming just as reports were surfacing of high-level OpenAI employees joining the company.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of fortuitously

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Jasson Domínguez, still a liability on defense, carelessly let a leadoff single bounce past him and roll to the wall in right for a two-base error, but Cole managed to strand the runner at third and logged a scoreless frame.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Omar Alderete, O’Nien’s second-half replacement, carelessly did the same thing for the late winner.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of carelessly

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