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unwittingly

[ uhn-wit-ing-lee ]

adverb

  1. without meaning to; unintentionally:

    Users who visit infected websites could unwittingly download malware that steals information in their computers.

  2. through ignorance; through lack of knowledge or awareness:

    A number of women have been unwittingly lured into this scheme by being told they were working on a very important project.



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Josh Finan, who has starred in Baby Reindeer, The Responder and recently played Gerry Adams in Say Nothing, plays an acquaintance of Cameron who becomes unwittingly embroiled in his companion's distorted sense of reality.

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If a parody account's name is particularly long, and only a shortened version appears in feeds or replies, users can unwittingly duped - especially if the account's image matches that of the real person.

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It turns out that Ramona unwittingly summoned the woman the night David died.

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But what about awkward, gangly prey, like humans, who unwittingly enter the nurseries?

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How much cash might shareholders be unwittingly sacrificing because of CEOs’ return-to-office mandates that may or may not be shoring up productivity?

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