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unwitting
adjective
1 unwitting
Not done with purpose or intent:
— An unwitting mistake may be overlooked.
synonyms: unintentional, unplanned.
Roget 601:
necessary,
needful
etc.
(requisite)
630.
fated;
destined
etc.
v.;
elect;
spellbound compulsory
etc.
(compel)
744;
uncontrollable,
inevitable,
unavoidable,
irresistible,
irrevocable,
inexorable;
avoidless†,
resistless.
involuntary,
instinctive,
automatic,
blind,
mechanical;
unconscious,
unwitting,
unthinking;
unintentional
etc.
(undesigned)
621;
impulsive
etc.
612.
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2 unwitting
3 unwitting
Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge:
— His rudeness was unwitting.
synonyms: ignorant, unknowing, unknowledgeable.
Roget 491:
ignorant;
nescient;
unknowing,
unaware,
unacquainted,
unapprised,
unapprized†,
unwitting,
unweeting†,
unconscious;
witless,
weetless†;
a stranger to;
unconversant†.
uninformed,
uncultivated,
unversed,
uninstructed,
untaught,
uninitiated,
untutored,
unschooled,
misguided,
unenlightened;
Philistine;
behind the age.
shallow,
superficial,
green,
rude,
empty,
half-learned,
illiterate;
unread,
uninformed,
uneducated,
unlearned,
unlettered,
unbookish;
empty-headed,
dizzy,
wooly-headed;
pedantic;
in the dark;
benighted,
belated;
blinded,
blindfolded;
hoodwinked;
misinformed;
au bout de son latin,
at the end of his tether,
at fault;
at sea
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
caught tripping.
unknown,
unapprehended,
unexplained,
unascertained,
uninvestigated†,
unexplored,
unheard of,
not perceived;
concealed
etc.
528;
novel.
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Polish: ignorancki
Moby thesaurus: a stranger to, asleep, automatic, blind, blind to, caught napping, compulsive, conditioned, dead to, deaf to, forced, impercipient, impulsive, in ignorance of, incognizant, insensible, insensible to, instinctive, involuntary, mechanical, mindless, napping, nonconceiving, not with it, oblivious, out of it, reflex, reflexive, unacquainted, unaware, unaware of, unconscious, unconscious of, undesigned, unfamiliar, unguarded, unguided, unhearing, uninformed, uninsightful, uninstructed, unintended, unintentional, unknowing, unmeant, unmeditated, unmindful, unmindful of, unperceiving, unplanned, unprehensive, unpremeditated, unprompted, unpurposed, unrealizing, unseeing, unsuspecting, unthinking, unthought-of, unwilled, unwilling, witless ... show more.
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