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English
Etymology
From un- + wary. Compare Old English unwær (“unaware, unwary”) and unwærlīċ (“unwary, heedless”).
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unwary (comparative unwarier, superlative unwariest)
- Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience
- Unprepared; not watchful
Quotations
1885, W S Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., , →OCLC:Three little maids who, all unwary,
Come from a ladies' seminary
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