unwitting adj

1 not intentional; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked" [syn: unintentional, unplanned]

2 not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment" [syn: unaware] [ant: witting]

3 lacking information or knowledge; "an unknowledgeable assistant" [syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ

Adjective

unwitting

1. unaware or uninformed
2. unintentional

Quotations

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

Translations

a stranger to, asleep, automatic, blind, blind to, caught napping, compulsive, conditioned, dead to, deaf to, forced, impercipient, impulsive, in ignorance of, incognizant, insensible, insensible to, instinctive, involuntary, mechanical, mindless, napping, nonconceiving, not with it, oblivious, out of it, reflex, reflexive, unacquainted, unaware, unaware of, unconscious, unconscious of, undesigned, unfamiliar, unguarded, unguided, unhearing, uninformed, uninsightful, uninstructed, unintended, unintentional, unknowing, unmeant, unmeditated, unmindful, unmindful of, unperceiving, unplanned, unprehensive, unpremeditated, unprompted, unpurposed, unrealizing, unseeing, unsuspecting, unthinking, unthought-of, unwilled, unwilling, witless