unwitting
Ignorant of facts
Unwitting means unaware or unintentional.
An unwitting accomplice doesn't know they're helping commit a crime.
An unwitting insult wasn't meant to offend.
The word emphasizes lack of knowledge or intention rather than lack of care: She became an unwitting participant in the scheme.
The adverb unwittingly works the same way: He unwittingly revealed the secret.
Done without intention
- accidentalOccurring by chance
- unintendedNot done on purpose
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
- unpremeditatedWithout advance planning
chance · involuntary · unconscious · unmeant · coincidental · fortuitous · unexpected · serendipitous
Lacking awareness or information
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
clueless · unconscious · unenlightened · heedless · unmindful · unperceptive · inattentive · unobservant
inadvertent
Done without intention
- accidentalOccurring by chance
- unintendedNot done on purpose
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
unpremeditated · chance · involuntary · unconscious · unmeant · coincidental · fortuitous · unexpected · serendipitous · mistaken
unknowing
Lacking awareness or information
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- obliviousLacking any awareness
uninformed · clueless · unconscious · unenlightened · heedless · unmindful · unperceptive · inattentive · unobservant · blind
innocent
Free from moral wrong
unsophisticated · trusting · gullible · credulous · childlike · simple · unworldly · green · inexperienced · impressionable
- accidentsaccident, car accident, bike accident, mishap, traffic accident
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- naivetenaivety, naive, innocence, gullible, gullibility
unwittingdeliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
intentional · willful · wilful · calculated · premeditated
- unwitting participantSomeone involved without realizing