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# unwitting

«unwitting» in Mova's school dictionary: **not knowing or not aware of what you are doing or what is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unwitting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unwitting means not knowing or not aware of what you are doing or what is happening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwitting/#m1)

2) Unwitting can describe something done by accident, without meaning to, like an unwitting mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwitting/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news: an unwitting helper, unwitting victim, unwitting accomplice who helps a crime without knowing. It tells the reader a character did not realise. Adverb «unwittingly» is common: «she unwittingly told the secret».

### examples

- The postman was an unwitting helper in the robbery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwitting/#x1)
- She made an unwitting mistake on the map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwitting/#x2)
- The unwitting tourist bought a fake ticket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwitting/#x3)
- He unwittingly gave away the surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwitting/#x4)
- The cat was an unwitting star of the video. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwitting/#x5)
- Unwitting people can spread fake news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwitting/#x6)

### note

From old «wit», meaning to know. Close to «unknowing», «unaware». Opposite: «witting» (rare), usually «knowing» or «deliberate».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unwitting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwitting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.