unweeting
unweeting is the obsolete form of unwitting.
Meaning of unwitting
Adjective
unwitting (comparative more unwitting, superlative most unwitting)
- Unaware or uninformed; oblivious.
- We've located the perfect site for experimentation on live test subjects. Kadara's "badlands" offer unsupervised access to unwitting test subjects free from any lawful or ethical constraints.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Location of Experiment
- Synonyms:
- clueless, ignorant, benighted, cimmerian, foolish, ill-informed, illiterate, innocent, lack-learning, lay
- Unintentional.
- (transl.) 4th century BC, Plato, Sophist, 230a
Some people, apparently, have thought about it and reached the conclusion that every case of being misinformed is unwitting.
- Synonyms:
- inadvertent, unintended, accidental, designless, involuntary, undesigned, unintentional, unplanned, unpurposed
- Antonyms:
- deliberate
- (transl.) 4th century BC, Plato, Sophist, 230a
Forms of unweeting
| comparative | more unweeting |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unweeting |
Origin of unweeting
See un- (“not”), and weet, wit.
Questions about unweeting
- What is unweeting the obsolete form of?
- Unweeting is the obsolete form of unwitting.
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