unwitting
un·wit·ting
adj \-ˈwi-tiŋ\Definition of UNWITTING
1
: not knowing : unaware <kept the truth from their unwitting friends>
2
: not intended : inadvertent <an unwitting mistake>
— un·wit·ting·ly\-tiŋ-lē\ adverb
Examples of UNWITTING
- He kept the truth from his unwitting friends.
- an unwitting victim of fraud
First Known Use of UNWITTING
before 12th century
Related to UNWITTING
Synonyms: casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, accidental
Antonyms: calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set
Related Words: coincidental; freak, odd; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random; uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen; coerced, forced, involuntary; unconscious, unprompted
Near Antonyms: certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure; conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)
