unwitting

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English unwittinge, unwitand, from Old English unwitende (“unwitting; not knowing; unaware; unconscious”), from Proto-Germanic *unwitandz (“not knowing”), equivalent to un- +‎ witting. Cognate with West Frisian ûnwittend, Dutch onwetend, German Low German unwetend, German unwissend and unwissentlich, Icelandic óvitandi. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ === Adjective === unwitting (comparative more unwitting, superlative most unwitting) Unaware or uninformed; oblivious. Synonyms: clueless, ignorant; see also Thesaurus:ignorant Antonyms: aware, cognizant Unintentional. (transl.) 4th century BC, Plato, Sophist, 230a Some people, apparently, have thought about it and reached the conclusion that every case of being misinformed is unwitting. Synonyms: inadvertent, unintended; see also Thesaurus:unintentional Antonym: deliberate ==== Derived terms ==== unwittingly unwittingness ==== Related terms ==== unweeting witting ==== Translations ==== === References === “unwitting”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.