unwitting
adjective
un·wit·ting
ˌən-ˈwi-tiŋ 
1
: not knowing : unaware
kept the truth from their unwitting friends
2
: not intended : inadvertent
an unwitting mistake
Examples of unwitting in a Sentence
He kept the truth from his unwitting friends.
an unwitting victim of fraud
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ArsTechnica, 17 June 2025
None of us wants to be the unwitting recipient of the Madame Bovary letter.
—Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
In Pursuit of Beauty follows a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose unconventional methods land her in jail, and the potentially unwitting journalist who agrees to ghostwrite her story from the other side of her prison cell.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
There are a myriad ways that a hacker can steal your data and compromise your systems, from automatic hacking machines, from automatic hacking machines, using your contacts as unwitting accomplices, and even analyzing PIN code usage, to name but three.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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“Unwitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwitting. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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unwitting
adjective
un·wit·ting
ˌən-ˈwit-iŋ
ˈən-
1
: not intended : inadvertent
an unwitting mistake
2
: not knowing : unaware
unwittingly
adverb
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