He kept the truth from his unwitting friends. an unwitting victim of fraud
Recent Examples on the WebEach one offers something different but all have the same mission — to scare the hell out of its unwitting victims. Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 Some of these challenges are the result of unwitting gaps in government policies. Steven Tian, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022 An unwitting landowner might think this is a good deal and switch tenants for a slightly better rent offer —- not appreciating the asset degradation the land is about the suffer in the background. Steven Savage, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Insults cast Arabs as dirty, an unwitting echo of epithets slung at Turks who settled in Europe in decades past. Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 Elsewhere, Kennedy and Travis grow stronger on their own terms, finally thriving as their authentic selves thanks to the unwitting good deeds Honor has done for them. Tomris Laffly, Variety, 28 July 2022 Police arrested Holder in nearby Bellflower two days later, after the woman who served as his unwitting getaway driver turned herself in and identified him as the gunman. James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022 In his opening statement, Mr. McKinney, the prosecutor, portrayed Ms. Nicholson as a kind of unwitting accomplice.New York Times, 6 July 2022 It’s been called an epidemic, but its victims weren’t unwitting. Jackson Toby, WSJ, 4 July 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of unwitting was before the 12th century