English Explanatory Dictionary

unwary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience.
  2. Unprepared; not watchful.

Word forms

unwary unwarier unwariest

Etymology

From un- + wary. Compare Old English unwær (“unaware, unwary”) and unwærlīċ (“unwary, heedless”).

Synonyms

careless

Related words

unwarily
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