unwitting

Unwitting is the opposite of intentional. When something is unwitting, it is unintentional.

  • The victim was unaware of the danger, and the attack was therefore unwitting.

  • The victim was unaware of the fact that their phone was being monitored, and their conversation was therefore unwitting.

Definition of unwitting

adjective

not done with purpose or intent

Synonyms:

unintentional, unplanned

adjective

unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

Synonyms:

ignorant, unknowing, unknowledgeable

adjective

not aware or knowing

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Example Sentences for unwitting

  • 1

    The unwitting victim would then exit, unaware of the switch.

  • 2

    Hitler was unwitting in some of the sources, but not others.

  • 3

    It was revealed that Takumi has the unwitting inspiration for this habit.

  • 4

    The other two are more or less unwitting victims.

  • 5

    In 1814, Chaumont was the unwitting witness to the end of the First Empire.

  • 6

    He becomes addicted to drugs and the unwitting pawn of Karzac.

  • 7

    In Woodrow's absence, she is sometimes an unwitting customer of Jake Spoon.

  • 8

    He acts as the comic foil to Nomi's unwitting naive mistakes.

  • 9

    Many times, those leaders become unwitting victims of the fraudster's ruse.

  • 10

    He said a Finnish woman would carry the bomb on board as an unwitting courier.