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unwittingly
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un·wit·ting
/
ʌnˈwɪt
ɪŋ
/
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[
uhn-
wit
-ing
]
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adjective
1.
inadvertent; unintentional; accidental:
His insult, though unwitting, pained her.
2.
not knowing; unaware;
ignorant
; oblivious; unconscious:
an unwitting person.
Origin:
before 900;
Middle English;
Old English
unwittende;
see
un-
1
,
wit
2
,
-ing
2
Related forms
un·wit·ting·ly,
adverb
un·wit·ting·ness,
noun
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unwitting
(ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ)
—
adj
1.
not knowing or conscious
2.
not intentional; inadvertent
[Old English
unwitende,
from
un-
1
+
witting,
present participle of
witan
to know; related to Old High German
wizzan
to know, Old Norse
vita
]
un'wittingly
—
adv
un'wittingness
—
n
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unwitting
(ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ)
—
adj
1.
not knowing or conscious
2.
not intentional; inadvertent
[Old English
unwitende,
from
un-
1
+
witting,
present participle of
witan
to know; related to Old High German
wizzan
to know, Old Norse
vita
]
un'wittingly
—
adv
un'wittingness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
unwitting
O.E. unwitende, from
un-
(1) "not" + witting (see
wit
). Cf. O.H.G. unwizzanti, Ger. unwissend, O.N. uvitandi, Goth. unwitands. Rare after c.1600; revived c.1800.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Many of these tourists are
unwittingly
visiting a country with shocking crime statistics.
Some players entered quarantine zones for a look-see and left,
unwittingly
taking the disease with them.
In the process, they may be
unwittingly
kicking off the next great entrepreneurial boom.
His life seems to have no meaning, until he
unwittingly
stops a bank robbery.
The animals might then
unwittingly
spread the bacterium from one oasis to the next.
If you return the call, you may be
unwittingly
putting money into the pockets of scam artists.
It is almost pathetic to see them labor so, climbing the mountain and
unwittingly
guiding us to their treasures.
However, he either wittingly or
unwittingly
eschews the moral view of government.
The protesters, who occupied oil installations, claimed that many of them would lose their land
unwittingly
.
In other words, worm grunters have been
unwittingly
imitating mole sounds.
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