un·wit·ting
adjective/ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ/
/ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ/
[only before noun]- not aware of what you are doing or of the situation you are involved in
不知情的；糊里糊涂的；无意的 - He became an unwitting accomplice in the crime.
他糊里糊涂地成了犯罪的帮凶。 - She was the unwitting cause of the argument.
她无意中引起了这场争执。 - They had been made unwitting tools of the regime.
他们在不知情的情况下成为了该政权的工具。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnwitting is used with these nouns:- accomplice
- victim
Word OriginOld English unwitende ‘not knowing or realizing’ (from un- and wit ‘have knowledge’). - He became an unwitting accomplice in the crime.