Today’s “Word of the Day” is “unwittingly“ and it is an adverb meaning “unintentionally, unconsciously, inadvertently, accidentally, without awareness, without knowledge”.
Example Sentence: Tribal people practise customs that “civilised” society finds difficult to accept. Child marriage, for instance, is common in some of these communities. There are ceremonies attached to each practice, sanctified by religion. Due to the conflict between some of these traditional practices and the law of the land, tribal people often unwittingly end up in jail.
This word is present in The Hindu article Branded a criminal for following custom and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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