unwitting (redirected from unwittingness)

un·wit·ting  (n-wtng)

adj.

1. Not knowing; unaware: an unwitting subject in an experiment.

2. Not intended; unintentional: an unwitting admission of guilt.

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[Middle English : un-, not; see un-¹ + witting, present participle of witten, to know (from Old English witan; see weid- in Indo-European roots).]

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un·witting·ly adv.

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unwitting [ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ]

adj (usually prenominal)

1. not knowing or conscious

2. not intentional; inadvertent

[Old English unwitende, from un-¹ + witting, present participle of witan to know; related to Old High German wizzan to know, Old Norse vita]

unwittingly  adv

unwittingness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	unwitting - not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked" unintentional, unplanned unintended - not deliberate
	2.	unwitting - not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment" incognizant, unaware - (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known" witting - aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists"
	3.	unwitting - unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting" unknowing, unknowledgeable, ignorant uninformed - not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public"

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unwitting

adjective

1. unintentional, involuntary, inadvertent, chance, accidental, unintended, unplanned, undesigned, unmeant It had been an unwitting blunder on his part.
unintentional intended, deliberate, intentional, meant, planned, designed

2. unknowing, innocent, unsuspecting, unconscious, unaware, ignorant We're unwitting victims of the system.
unknowing knowing, conscious, witting

Translations

unwitting [ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ] ADJ → involuntario
I was the unwitting cause → sin querer, yo fui la causa
an unwitting instrument of sth/sb → un instrumento involuntario de algo/algn

unwitting [ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ] adj [victim, accomplice] → sans le savoir
I became the unwitting instrument of that unscrupulous man → Je devins l'instrument sans le savoir de cet homme sans scrupules.

unwitting

adj accomplice → unbewusst, unwissentlich; action also → unabsichtlich; victim → ahnungslos; involvement → unabsichtlich, unwissentlich; he was the unwitting cause of the argument → er war unbewusst die Ursache des Streits, er war, ohne es zu wissen, die Ursache des Streits

unwitting [ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ] adj (cause) → involontario/a; (victim) → inconsapevole; (insult) → non intenzionale, non voluto/a

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unwitting [ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ] adj (cause) → involontario/a; (victim) → inconsapevole; (insult) → non intenzionale, non voluto/a