1300-1400wit ‘to know’(11-20 centuries), from Old Englishwitan
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Laura unwittingly threw away the winning lottery ticket.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
After six years of marriage, however, Adrienne finds she has been strolling unwittingly through a psychological jungle.
I may have unwittingly provided them with a reason why my application should be filed in the trash can.
In plain terms this means that one may be unwittingly a member of an elite group, on Wright Mills's argument.
Moreover Elian has unwittingly achieved something that even Lewinsky never managed.
My father has, unwittingly, captured us as we really are.
Schools unwittingly erect a language barrier which must exclude great numbers of parents.
in a way that shows you do not know or realize somethingSYN unknowingly: Friedmann had unwittingly broken the law.—unwitting adjective [only before noun]: an unwitting accomplice