unwitting
Use Unwitting in a sentence
ɪŋ adjective
1.
inadvertent; unintentional; accidental: His insult, though unwitting, pained her.
2.
not knowing; unaware; ignorant; oblivious; unconscious: an unwitting person.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | not knowing or conscious |
| 2. | not intentional; inadvertent |
| [Old English unwitende, from | |
| un'wittingly | |
| —adv | |
| un'wittingness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
In the process, they have converted these patients into unwitting research volunteers.
More, unwitting and untrained, lines up with these athletic wizards to go through the testing routines.
And there's another hump: training legions of unwitting employees how to accept the thing.
Your unwitting complicity in the degradation of the planet begins the moment you wake up.
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