unwitting
pronunciation
How to pronounce unwitting in British English:
UK [ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ]
How to pronounce unwitting in American English:
US [ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- not intentional
- not aware or knowing
- lacking information or knowledge
Word Origin
- unwitting (adj.)
- late 14c., altered from or re-formed to replace unwitand, from Old English unwitende "ignorant," from un- (1) "not" + witting (adj.); see -ing (2). Similar formation in Old High German unwizzanti, German unwissend, Old Norse uvitandi, Gothic unwitands. Rare after c. 1600; revived c. 1800. Related: Unwittingly.
Example
- 1. Google 's critics say that the unwitting clicker is losing out .
- 2. They suggested the firm contributed to the crisis by dumping subprime risk on unwitting clients .
- 3. The major difference between a virus and a trojan is that trojans don 't replicate themselves-they must be installed by an unwitting user .
- 4. But kimberly-clark , which touts its green credentials on its website , rejects the idea that it is pushing destructive products on an unwitting american public .
- 5. Instead of having students proposition unwitting subjects around campus , conley presented fully informed participants with a hypothetical situation and asked how they would expect themselves to respond .