adj. 1. Not knowing; unaware: an unwitting subject in an experiment. 2. Not intended; unintentional: an unwitting admission of guilt. [Middle English : un-, not; see UN-1 + witting, present participle of witten, to know (from Old English witan; see weid- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] un·witting·ly adv. |
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