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   unwitting

   /ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) not aware of the full facts: "an unwitting accomplice" Similar unknowingunconsciousunsuspectingobliviousunawareinnocentunmindfuluninformedignorantunenlightenedinformal:in the darkrare:incognizantnescientOpposite wittingknowing
   • 2. not done on purpose; unintentional: "we are anxious to rectify the unwitting mistakes made in the past" Similar unintentionalunintendedinadvertentinvoluntaryunmeantunthinkingunplannedunpremeditatedunconsciousaccidentalchanceOpposite deliberateconscious

   Word Origin Old Englishunwitende ‘not knowing or realizing’ (see un-1, wit2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. unwittingness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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