Unwary Definition

ŭn-wârē
unwariest, unwarier
adjective
unwarier, unwariest
Not wary; not watchful or cautious; not alert to possible danger, trickery, etc.
Webster's New World

Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience.

Wiktionary

Unprepared; not watchful.

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Other Word Forms of Unwary

Adjective

Base Form:
unwary
Comparative:
unwarier
Superlative:
unwariest

Origin of Unwary

  • From un- +"Ž wary.

    From Wiktionary

Unwary Sentence Examples

  • It made me think again about the dangers that can face an unwary restaurateur.

  • The fifth abdominal segment has a pair of strong dorsal hook-like processes, by means of which the larva supports itself in the burrow which it excavates in the earth, the great head blocking the entrance with the mandibles ready to seize on any unwary insect that may venture within reach.

  • The can impart a nasty sting on the unwary and bare foot paddler over the sandy shallows.

  • But now they feel quite sheepish Those scientists unwary, One problem solved, but what to do With Mary, Mary, Mary.

  • Beside this there are numerous other swindles and get-rich-quick schemes primed and ready to catch the unwary and unwise.

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Words Starting With

UUNUNW

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YRYARY

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Words Starting With U and Ending With Y

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