Usually means: Not cautious of potential dangers.
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  1. unwary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unwary: Merriam-Webster
  3. unwary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unwary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. unwary: Collins English Dictionary
  6. unwary: Vocabulary.com
  7. Unwary, unwary: Wordnik
  8. unwary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. unwary: Wiktionary
  10. unwary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. unwary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. unwary: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. unwary: Dictionary.com
  14. Unwary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. unwary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. unwary: Rhymezone
  17. Unwary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. unwary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. unwary: FreeDictionary.org
  20. unwary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. unwary: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. unwary: Legal dictionary

(Note: See unwarier as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (unwary)

▸ adjective:  Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience
▸ adjective:  Unprepared; not watchful

Similar:
incautious, unguarded, gullible, naive, wareless, naïve, unweaned, unknowledgeable, unheedy, careless, more...

Opposite:
wary, cautious, careful, circumspect

Types:
unsuspecting, unprepared, unaware, vigilant, watchful, more...

Phrases:
opposite of unwary, retail establishment for the unwary, more...

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    pale yellow,     light gray,     soft pink,     muted beige,     pastel blue, more...



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Similar:
incautious, unguarded, gullible, naive, wareless, naïve, unweaned, unknowledgeable, unheedy, careless, more...

Opposite:
wary, cautious, careful, circumspect

Types:
unsuspecting, unprepared, unaware, vigilant, watchful, more...

Phrases:
opposite of unwary, retail establishment for the unwary, more...

Colors:
    pale yellow,     light gray,     soft pink,     muted beige,     pastel blue, more...



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