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as in accidental
happening by chance
an unwitting mistake made in copying the material
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as in unaware
not informed about or aware of something
an unwitting accomplice to the crime
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Recent Examples of unwitting
Everything converged on a young woman named Rose Walker (Kyo Ra), an unwitting Vortex—someone who can attract and manipulate dreams, with dire consequences.
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ArsTechnica, 17 June 2025
None of us wants to be the unwitting recipient of the Madame Bovary letter.
—Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
In Pursuit of Beauty follows a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose unconventional methods land her in jail, and the potentially unwitting journalist who agrees to ghostwrite her story from the other side of her prison cell.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
There are a myriad ways that a hacker can steal your data and compromise your systems, from automatic hacking machines, from automatic hacking machines, using your contacts as unwitting accomplices, and even analyzing PIN code usage, to name but three.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 17 June 2025
None of us wants to be the unwitting recipient of the Madame Bovary letter.
—Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
In Pursuit of Beauty follows a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose unconventional methods land her in jail, and the potentially unwitting journalist who agrees to ghostwrite her story from the other side of her prison cell.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
There are a myriad ways that a hacker can steal your data and compromise your systems, from automatic hacking machines, from automatic hacking machines, using your contacts as unwitting accomplices, and even analyzing PIN code usage, to name but three.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwitting
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The lawsuit also indicates the medical examiner initially ruled the deaths as accidental, but the manner of death was changed in January 2013 to homicide based on a jail informant's uncorroborated statement to police.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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Today, even minor missteps—whether accidental or intentional—can rapidly escalate, leading to public crises that damage reputations and erode the trust organizations have worked hard to build.—
Maria Trochimezuk,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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They are bound to be unaware of their habit-forming training, which is simply a consequence of their working routinely with AI. Unsettling, for sure.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Rice was apparently unaware that a few hours earlier, at 1:14 A.M., the Austin-San Antonio office of the National Weather Service had sent a flash-flood warning for south-central Kerr County.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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How Students Are Gaming The System Students have become inadvertent experts at understanding how language shapes AI responses.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The homeowners, meanwhile, are locked in a separate case with Ocean over what Peck said was an inadvertent naming error in filing the 2017 assignment of rights.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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By that point, both twins had passed out, though Joy is oblivious to any issue at this stage.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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Altuve isn’t oblivious to his place on the leaderboard.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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Residents are far from ignorant of Michigan’s law on train blockages.—
Ayah Imran,
Freep.com,
18 July 2025
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With the current events unfolding in the U.S. (as well as the ongoing struggle for People of Color), Hightower didn’t want to be ignorant of what was happening in their country.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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“Unwitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwitting. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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