Unwitting

Word UNWITTING
Character 9
Hyphenation un wit ting
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Unwitting"

What do we mean by unwitting?

Not knowing; unaware. adjective

Not intended; unintentional. adjective

Not knowing; ignorant.

Ignorance. noun

Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. adjective

Unaware or uninformed adjective

Unintentional adjective

Not aware or knowing adjective

Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge adjective

Not done with purpose or intent adjective

Unaware or uninformed; oblivious

Unintentional

Synonyms and Antonyms for Unwitting

The word "unwitting" in example sentences

I explained to Edna that without the benefit of her explanation a person at home would understand the ad to mean that all storage was half off and accused Sears of deliberately making the ad ambiguous to draw in unwitting customers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For nearly nineteen years now, my Angel has had allies: My husband and children are in unwitting cahoots with her. ❋ M-mv (2004)

Illustrating Ortega's remark, we call unwitting or in - nocent Platonists all those — from German romanticism to recent popular poetry — who speak of “soul brother or sister,” “the fusion of souls” in “the ecstasy of love” in which lovers believe they are “joined as One,” and those who describe themselves as being loved by their ❋ DENIS DE ROUGEMONT (1968)

Itylus, whom on a time she slew with the sword unwitting, ❋ 750? BC-650? BC Homer (1878)

It is unclear how many federal cases involve so-called unwitting couriers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Causing mayhem on the unwitting is a staple of video games -- just witness the ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even as when the daughter of Pandareus, the nightingale of the greenwood, sings sweet in the first season of the spring, from her place in the thick leafage of the trees, and with many a turn and trill she pours forth her full-voiced music bewailing her child, dear Itylus, whom on a time she slew with the sword unwitting, Itylus the son of Zethus the prince; even as her song, my troubled soul sways to and fro. ❋ Homer (1909)

Drake exchanged hundreds of e-mails with the reporter using a secure mail service, passed along information he received from "unwitting" NSA employees and used his access to classified computer networks to obtain information for the reporter, the indictment states. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's when we assume that what seems to be true for most of our students is true for all of our students that we do this kind of unwitting damage. ❋ Roger Sutton (2006)

Like so many others, he was an "unwitting" addict. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He advocates the creation of a domestic spy agency an internal CIA/KGB/Stassi-type agency to monitor domestic activities; expanding the group of citizens subjected to warrantless eavesdropping to include even include "innocent people, such as unwitting neighbors of terrorists"; allowing warrantless eavesdropping even if it violates the law; and stripping federal courts of their ability to enforce legal limits on the President's national security powers. ❋ Glenn Greenwald (2006)

And, according to Circuit Judge Richard Posner yesterday, Bush can monitor the conversations not just of people suspected of having ties to Al Qaeda -- a limitation which Posner says is "too restrictive" -- but can and, says Posner, should expand that group without limits, even to include "[i]nnocent people, such as unwitting neighbors of terrorists, [who] may, without knowing it, have valuable counterterrorist information." ❋ Glenn Greenwald (2005)

There was no telling what kind of unwitting havoc they could cause if they thought he was less than vigilant, ineffectual-he was certain now that they meant no harm, not with Guardian Spirits hanging about them, but they could cause a great deal of trouble if they chose to meddle without knowing what they were about. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1991)

So, all unwitting, meaning no mischief, they wander further and further from the right road, and find themselves at last in a waterless desert. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)

The camera near Victoria Station in London apparently captures "unwitting" drivers who stray into a street filled with temporary bus and taxi lanes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Pierce said criminals, such as unwitting gang members, will sometimes post information that can help with an investigation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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