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"an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"adjectivenot done with purpose or intent
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"his rudeness was unwitting"adjectiveunaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge
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"an unwitting subject in an experiment"adjectivenot aware or knowingOpposite:
Definition that contains unwitting
- laius (Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus
- back-formation a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
- hidden tax a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes)