unwary

Meaning

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

Synonyms

careless
C1
incautious
heedless
unguarded
27k
indiscreet
24k
reckless
C1
imprudent
40k
inattentive
mindless
C2
negligent
22k
off guard
perfunctory
rash
C1
regardless
C1
slapdash
thoughtless
C2
unalert
unmindful
unprepared
C2
unwatchful

unvigilant

carefree
C2
nonprepared

caught with one’s pants down

dabbling
41k
easy-going
36k
improvident
inadvertent
insouciant
jaunty
32k
Translations

incauto
imprudent
unvorsichtig
unachtsam
incauto

tedbirsizlik

gafil
dikkatsiz

dikkatsizlik

απερίσκεπτος

unvorbereitet

απροπαρασκεύαστος

improvisé

ξένοιαστος

unbedarft
Etymology

Cognate with Old English
unwær
In summary

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

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