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unwitting definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked" [syn: unintentional, unplanned, unwitting]
2: not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment" [ant: witting]
3: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting" [syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: before 12th century 1. not knowing ; unaware <kept the truth from their unwitting friends> 2. not intended ; inadvertent <an unwitting mistake> • unwittingly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 unaware of the state of the case (an unwitting offender). 2 unintentional. Derivatives: unwittingly adv. unwittingness n. Etymology: OE unwitende (as UN-(1), WIT(2))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unwitting Un*wit"ting, a. Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. -- Un*wit"ting*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe a person or their actions as unwitting, you mean that the person does something or is involved in something without realizing it. We're unwitting victims of the system... It had been an unwitting blunder on Blair's part. ADJ: usu ADJ n • unwittingly He was unwittingly caught up in the confrontation. ADV: usu ADV with v

Moby Thesaurus

a stranger to, asleep, automatic, blind, blind to, caught napping, compulsive, conditioned, dead to, deaf to, forced, impercipient, impulsive, in ignorance of, incognizant, insensible, insensible to, instinctive, involuntary, mechanical, mindless, napping, nonconceiving, not with it, oblivious, out of it, reflex, reflexive, unacquainted, unaware, unaware of, unconscious, unconscious of, undesigned, unfamiliar, unguarded, unguided, unhearing, uninformed, uninsightful, uninstructed, unintended, unintentional, unknowing, unmeant, unmeditated, unmindful, unmindful of, unperceiving, unplanned, unprehensive, unpremeditated, unprompted, unpurposed, unrealizing, unseeing, unsuspecting, unthinking, unthought-of, unwilled, unwilling, witless