UNWITTINGLY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

unwittingly

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as in inadvertently

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Recent Examples of unwittingly Geisinger isn’t the only hospital where young patients have unwittingly been exposed. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 The homeowner, Brett Bymaster, lauded officers for ending the chaotic situation swiftly and without any harm to his adult children, son-in-law, and young grandchildren who were unwittingly ensnared in the encounter. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 The case led in 2022 to investigations of four German museums that in some cases unwittingly acted as intermediaries for sales between the dealers and art museums worldwide. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Perhaps unwittingly, a casual investor who tries to diversify with a S&P 500 index fund is staking a third of their investment in the Magnificent Seven. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Released by Bristol City after three seasons as a mainstay of their team in the second-tier Championship, the former Manchester United academy kid unwittingly found himself in limbo. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 But because Detroit chose the offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers, Skubal has unwittingly become a villain around the league. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Basically, Jenner unwittingly proved my theory that baggy denim is the key to making even the most basic pieces look like a fashionable, cohesive outfit. — Jordan Julian, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026 In 1935, two chemists at Tokyo’s Imperial University synthesized a new molecule and unwittingly launched one of the strangest narratives of the psychedelic age. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026

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But in a case of life imitating art, the show’s entire publicity strategy was inadvertently wrecked by a real-life aristocrat, after reports leaked that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was being eyed for a role in the series.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
The filing also inadvertently included a note between a Fisher Phillips attorney and the city’s law office with an internal question about the case.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of inadvertently

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On December 18th, an agent accidentally discharged his gun in a hotel room, hitting the headboard of a bed in the room next door.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The Young Bucks went for a BTE Trigger, but Cope accidentally speared Cage while trying to break it up.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of accidentally

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Likewise, a professional who identifies strongly with a particular school of thought — in economics, medicine, management, or technology — will tend to unconsciously favor sources that reinforce that framework and discount those that challenge it.

— Big Think, Big Think, 21 Aug. 2026
But in reality, of course, this is just happening almost unconsciously.

— Jinae West, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of unconsciously

Adverb

The earnings announcement was fortuitously timed, coming just as reports were surfacing of high-level OpenAI employees joining the company.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
And fortuitously, Napalm Death, who played a 19-minute set, espouse the same lefty politics as NPR, in fact maybe even a little more leftist, all things considered, since Barney Greenway wore a Crass T-shirt to the gig.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026

Definition of fortuitously

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Omar Alderete, O’Nien’s second-half replacement, carelessly did the same thing for the late winner.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Since it was designated the first national recreation area in 1964, hordes of visitors have cut Lake Mead’s glassy surface with jet skis and boats, carelessly dropping belongings that may now wash up on shore.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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