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un·wit·ting  audio  (n-wtng) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Not knowing; unaware: an unwitting subject in an experiment.
  2. Not intended; unintentional: an unwitting admission of guilt.

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

OTHER FORMS:
un·witting·ly (Adverb)


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