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Recent Examples of unwitting But even intermittent use, or unwitting use through contamination, poses a high risk of death. Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025 That led to sharp credit score drops for many unwitting borrowers. Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 But hidden dangers lurk in each of these sanctuaries — treacherous storms, slippery rock faces and swift river currents all lie in wait for the unwitting, unprepared or unlucky explorer. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025 Max grows ever more anxious, Fontaine becomes increasingly impatient and the unwitting Walter starts to suspect that something shady is going on. Joe Leydon, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unwitting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwitting
Adjective
  • What followed was part social experiment, part accidental soul-baring, and slightly more fun than doomscrolling solo.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Similarly, an accidental executor can be the trustee of a revocable trust after the grantor has passed away.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Those who lost their Medicaid health care reported being unaware or confused about how to report work hours.
    Phil Galewitz, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The eight-page complaint alleges that Crocket’s campaign accepted a total of $610 from 56 separate transactions in 2023 and 2024 from a 73-year-old retiree who was allegedly unaware of the donations.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Defendant referred to victim in past tense, detective testifies Cousins’ status as a possible suspect was strengthened by his inadvertent language missteps in his first interview with a Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Unit detective, the jury learned on Tuesday.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Skinner has been out of commission since getting an inadvertent knee in the head from the Dallas Stars’ Mikko Rantanen on March 26.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On a recent flight from Seattle to Dallas, Rachel Wagner had the misfortune of sitting next to a passenger who seemed oblivious to the concept of common courtesy.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Authorities, apparently figuring the two were oblivious to the scheme, have shown little interest in questioning them.
    David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But Slingshot’s breach of contract suit alleges that Angel continually broke provisions of their agreement, and sometimes seemed entirely ignorant of them.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Naturally, this poor woman is ignorant of her friend Susan’s role in her granddaughter’s disappearance.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Unwitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwitting. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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