unwittingly

Examples

• All

• Carol realizes the physical picture she is unwittingly presenting.

• My question to you meant no harm, but I unwittingly revealed a terrible secret of betrayal.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The third partner found herself unwittingly taking sides in issues that previously had not affected her.

  Academic text (1998)

• Yes, I had unwittingly sought advice from the father...

  Easy A (2010)

• But I think we unwittingly generate loneliness.

  Jay Shetty Podcast

• We have unwittingly picked up a couple of hitchhikers.

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

• I want to thank you, young Cafmeyer, for unwittingly providing the final piece of the puzzle.

  The Order (2001)

• For example, an email notification may be unwittingly discarded into a junk file.

  Academic text (2011)

• Thus, by narrowly focusing my instruction on writing to inform, I had unwittingly limited my students' voices.

  Academic text (2013)

• I unwittingly revealed my friend's surprise party when I mentioned her name.

Synonyms

A

accidentally

vsunwittingly

341 1.4

In a way that is not planned and happens by mistake

is similar but stresses lack of intent rather than randomness

B

by chance

vsunwittingly

184 2.3

Happening without planning or intending

is less about awareness and more about random occurrence

I

inadvertently

vsunwittingly

64 5.2

Without meaning to do something

is unplanned and also lacks conscious intention or awareness

M

mistakenly

vsunwittingly

54 3.1

In a wrong way because someone made an error

is about lack of awareness or intent rather than only being wrong

U

unconsciously

vsunwittingly

35 4.0

Without thinking or knowing you do something

is done without intention as well as without conscious thought

U

unintentionally

vsunwittingly

29 3.4

Without meaning to

is done without awareness as well as without deliberate purpose

U

unknowingly

vsunwittingly

21 4.2

Doing something without being aware of it

is also done without intending to rather than only lacking awareness

U

unawares

vsunwittingly

8 7.2

Happens suddenly without you expecting it

is done without awareness but not only in surprise situations

O

obliviously

vsunwittingly

1 6.5

Not noticing what happens around you

is done without awareness but may not show outward lack of notice

U

unsuspectingly

vsunwittingly

1 5.9

Without thinking anything is wrong

is performed without awareness or intent rather than only trust

U

undesignedly

vsunwittingly

1 9.9

In an unplanned way not on purpose

is the same unplanned sense but can include unawareness too

U

unpremeditatedly

vsunwittingly

1 9.5

Without planning or thinking about it first

is done without prior intent but may not ignore awareness

Antonyms

I

intentionally

175 3.1

In a way that someone does something on purpose, not by accident

K

knowingly

73 3.9

In a way that shows you know and do it on purpose

W

wittingly

3 7.5

In a way that shows you know what you are doing

How Aware

unintentionally

29 3.4

unwittingly

28 6.0

unsuspectingly

1 5.9

obliviously

1 6.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology