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What (who) is unwitting - definition
Unwitting Testimony; Witting testimony
Unwitting
·adj Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant.
unwitting
If you describe a person or their actions as unwitting, you mean that the person does something or is involved in something without realizing it.
We're unwitting victims of the system...
It had been an unwitting blunder on Blair's part.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• unwittingly
He was unwittingly caught up in the confrontation.
ADV: usu ADV with v
Wikipedia
Unwitting testimony
Unwitting testimony is the unintentional evidence provided by historical sources. It may reflect the attitudes and preconceptions of an author, or the culture to which he or she belongs. The recognition and interpretation of unwitting testimony by historians acknowledges that primary sources may contain flaws as well as several layers of evidence, and that there are messages that are not explicit.
Examples of use of unwitting
1. The law‘s critics became unwitting collaborators with a vile government.
2. UNWITTING RACISM But he said the men –– who had refused to cooperate with the IPCC‘s investigation –– had been guilty of unwitting racism.
3. An unwitting truth, but nothing that needed a reply.
4. The unwitting taxpayer, of course, especially those of us in London.
5. EPINAY–SUR–SEINE, France –– On a routine call, three unwitting police officers fell into a trap.