Synonyms for unwitting
ʌnˈwɪt ɪŋun·wit·ting

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1. unintentional, unplanned, unwittingadjective

   not done with purpose or intent

   "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"

   Synonyms:
   unknowledgeable, unintentional, unknowing, ignorant, unplanned, unwilled

   Antonyms:
   witting, intended, informed

2. unwittingadjective

   not aware or knowing

   "an unwitting subject in an experiment"

   Synonyms:
   unknowledgeable, unintentional, unknowing, ignorant, unplanned

   Antonyms:
   intended, informed, witting

3. ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwittingadjective

   unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

   "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"

   Synonyms:
   unplanned, nescient, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unlearned, illiterate, unknowing, ignorant, unintentional

   Antonyms:
   witting, intended, informed

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1. List of paraphrases for "unwitting":

   involuntary, unintentional, inadvertent, unintended

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How to use unwitting in a sentence?

1. Stephen Silverman:

   It beggars belief that this shop created a Nazi-branded drink by unwitting coincidence, it was unavoidable that this would be immensely offensive to Jewish people and anyone who lost members of their family to Nazi brutality.

2. Frank Milstead:

   All of these acts are potentially lethal encounters, when you're shooting into a moving vehicle with unwitting occupants, (it could be) lethal.

3. Mike Ryan:

   Transmission within the healthcare setting has been a major factor driving this outbreak, unfortunately, women and children have been the unwitting victims of that reality.

4. Robby Mook:

   I think that the indictment on Friday was a good moment for everybody to take a step back back and think how our own behaviors can potentially make us unwitting accomplices in foreign operations like this.

5. Mike Light:

   I think there was an unwitting bias that Stephanie Davis was the perpetrator, stephanie Davis was the one out having sex. ... The pimp was just collecting the money.