innocent bystander
Noun
Meaning
innocent bystander (plural innocent bystanders)
a person who, although present at some event without taking part in it, is affected by it deleteriously
Examples
These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a longbow's arrow could send it through an innocent bystander a hundred yards away instead of the innocent bystander at whom it was aimed.
Perhaps, most presciently, An Innocent Bystander is a reminder that whether Jews live in Israel or the Diaspora, whether they are ardent Zionists or anti-Zionists, their Judaism remain a common denominator for bigotry.
Innocent Bystander: If one were to complain about every misleading name on grounds of pedantry, then one would have little else to do.
Innocent Bystander – I was going to delete your dangerous falsehoods, but I thought it better to refute them.