Unwitting

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Unaware or uninformed; oblivious..

Definitions by Sense

1. Unaware or uninformed; oblivious.
2. Unintentional.

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We've located the perfect site for experimentation on live test subjects. Kadara's "badlands" offer unsupervised access to unwitting test subjects free from any lawful or ethical constraints.

(transl.) 4th century BC, Plato, Sophist, 230a Some people, apparently, have thought about it and reached the conclusion that every case of being misinformed is unwitting.

Persistent but unwitting excessive speed over a sharply curved turnout forming part of a double junction, which resulted in slight track distortion, was the primary cause of the derailment of an electric m.u. at Bethnal Green on Saturday, June 17 last.

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• more unwitting
• most unwitting

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