Unwitting

Definition: Unwitting

Unwitting

Adjective

1. Not intentional; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked".

2. Not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment".

3. Lacking information or knowledge; "an unknowledgeable assistant".

Date "unwitting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Synonyms: Unwitting

Synonyms: ignorant (adj), unaware (adj), unintentional (adj), unknowing (adj), unknowledgeable (adj), unplanned (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: witting (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Ignorance	Adjective: ignorant; nescient; unknowing, unaware, unacquainted, unapprised, unapprized, unwitting, unweeting, unconscious; witless, weetless; a stranger to; unconversant.
Necessity	Involuntary, instinctive, automatic, blind, mechanical; unconscious, unwitting, unthinking; unintentional; (undesigned); impulsive.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Unwitting

English words defined with "unwitting": unaware, unintentional, unplanned, Unweeting, Unwist. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Diary of an Unwitting Explorer (reference) Heart's Unwitting Likeness (reference) Kurt Koffka: An Unwitting Self-Portrait (reference) Unwitting Influences in Theatre: Exchanges Within Europe and Between Europe and the United States (reference) Unwitting Witness (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Failure to realize that their despair is an illness deprives the person of insight into his or her condition and prevents seeking of help. The unwitting acceptance by society of depression as natural to aging closes the door of opportunity for gaining effective intervention. (references)
Children	Cambodia	There were several documented cases in which individuals or organizations purchased infants or children from their natural parents, created fraudulent paper trails to document the children as orphans, and then earned substantial profits from fees or donations from unwitting adoptive families, including foreign families. (references)
Worker Rights	Morocco	In those cases where unwitting Moroccan women have been recruited to perform sexual services outside of the country, traffickers usually have deceived them into thinking that they will be filling secretarial or domestic servant jobs. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Unwitting" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unwitting" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	87	35,390

Language		Translations for "unwitting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pa dashje (unpremeditated), i paqëllimtë (purposeless, unmeant, unpremeditated). (various references)

Arabic		‏غير مقصود (accidental, unconscious, unwilling), ‏غير متعمد (inadvertent), ‏غير عالم. (various references)

Bulgarian		несъзнателен (instinctive, mechanical, unconscious), несъзнаващ (insensible, oblivious, unconscious, unknowing), незнаещ (unknowing), незабелязващ, непреднамерен (casual, inadvertent, undesigned, unmeant, unpremeditated, unstudied). (various references)

Chinese		� 心. (various references)

Czech		bezdìèný (inadvertent, reflex, subconscious). (various references)

Farsi		غیرعمدی (Inadvertent, Involuntary, Random, Unintentional), بی هوش (Unmeaning), بی توجه (Inattentive, Oblivious, Unconsidered, Unresponsive), بی خبر (Sudden, Unaware, Unawares, Unconscious), بی اطلاع (Uninformed, Unknowable, Unknowing). (various references)

French		non intentionnel, involontaire (unintentional, unmeant, unwilling). (various references)

German		unwissentlich (ignorantly, unawares, unknowingly, unknowledgeable, unwittingly), unabsichtlich (accidental, innocent, involuntarily, involuntary, unconscious, undeliberate, unintended, unintentional, unintentionally). (various references)

Greek		χωρίσ επίγνωση, αγνοών (ignorant, unaware, unconscious). (various references)

Hebrew		לא מכוון, בש�'�'�" (by error, by mistake), ב�"סח �"�"עת (unexpectedly, unthinkingly). (various references)

Hungarian		véletlen (accidental, adventitious, casual, chance, coincidence, contingent, fortuitous, fortune, hap, haphazard, happenstance, hazard, incidental, luck, occasional, promiscuous, random), szándékosság nélküli. (various references)

Indonesian		tanpa disadari. (various references)

Italian		involontario (inadvertent, involuntary, unintentional). (various references)

Korean		부지중. (various references)

Pig Latin		ittingunway

Portuguese		sem intenção (unmeant), sem consciência (conscienceless, unconscionable, unscrupulous), involuntário (involuntary, unconscious, undesigned, unintentional, unmeant, unwilled). (various references)

Romanian		neştiutor (know-nothing, nescient, untutored). (various references)

Russian		невольный (involuntary, unwilled). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nesvestan (aware: not aware, conscienceless, oblivious, unaware, unconscious), nenameran (undesigned, unintended, unintentional, unwilled). (various references)

Spanish		involuntario (involuntary, unintentional, unwilled), inconsciente (insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, senseless, thoughtless, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious). (various references)

Swedish		ovetande (ignorant, incognizant, unaware, unbeknown, unknowing), oavsiktlig (inadvertent, involuntary, unintended, unintentional). (various references)

Turkish		kasıtsız (unconscious, undesigned, unintended, unintentional, unmeant, unpremeditated), habersiz (ignorant, in the dark, insensible, insensible of, not knowing, oblivious, unannounced, unaware, unbeknown, unbeknownst, unconscious, uninformed, unknowing, without notice), farkında olmayan (insensible, unaware, unconscious). (various references)

Ukrainian		який не зна�", мимовільний (automatic, automatical, avolitional, involuntary, spontaneous, unbidden, unconscious, unwilled). (various references)

Vietnamese		không chủ tâm (involuntary, purposeless, unintentional), không có ý thức, không cố ý (indeliberate, involuntary, undesigned, unintentional). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "unwitting": unwittingly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Unwitting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: umwitting. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "unwitting" (pronounced unwi"ting)
5	-w i" t i ng	acquitting, quitting, witting.
4	-i" t i ng	admitting, befitting, bitting, committing, emitting, fitting, flitting, gritting, hitting, knitting, omitting, permitting, pitting, refitting, resubmitting, sitting, slitting, spitting, splitting, submitting, transmitting, unremitting.
3	-t i ng	abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, wresting, writing, yachting.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-i-i-n-n-t-t-u-w"
	-2 letters: nutting, tinting, twining, uniting, witting.
	-3 letters: gittin, intuit, nitwit, tining, tuning, wining, witing.
	-4 letters: unwit.
	-5 letters: inti, ting, tint, titi, tung, twig, twin, twit, unit, wing.
	Words containing the letters "g-i-i-n-n-t-t-u-w"
	+1 letter: untwisting.
	+2 letters: unwittingly.
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