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un·wit·ting    Audio Help   [uhn-wit-ing] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.inadvertent; unintentional; accidental: His insult, though unwitting, pained her.
2.not knowing; unaware; ignorant; oblivious; unconscious: an unwitting person.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE unwittende; see un-1, wit2, -ing2]

—Related forms
un·wit·ting·ly, adverb
un·wit·ting·ness, noun
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un·wit·ting    Audio Help   (ŭn-wĭt'ĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Not knowing; unaware: an unwitting subject in an experiment.
  2. Not intended; unintentional: an unwitting admission of guilt.


[Middle English : un-, not; see un-1 + witting, present participle of witten, to know (from Old English witan; see weid- in Indo-European roots).]

un·wit'ting·ly adv.
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