unwary
unwary adjective: lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience.
Adjective
unwary (comparative unwarier, superlative unwariest)
- Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience.
- Unprepared; not watchful.
unwary meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
unwary in Tamil
- விழிப்பாயிராத
unwary in Urdu
- بےاحتیاط
unwary in Bengali
- প্রস্তুতিহীন, সতর্ক নয়
unwary in Malayalam
- careless, incautious, thoughtless
- ജാഗ്രതയില്ലാത്ത, മുൻകരുതലില്ലാത്ത, ശ്രദ്ധയില്ലാത്ത, അശ്രദ്ധമായ, ചിന്താശൂന്യം, നിശ്ചിന്ത
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- unwary in Kannada
- ಕಾಪಾಡದ, ಅಜಾಗರೂಕ, ಜೋಪಾನವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿರದ
Synonyms of unwary
Forms of unwary
| comparative | unwarier |
|---|---|
| superlative | unwariest |
Origin of unwary
From un- + wary. Compare Old English unwær (“unaware, unwary”) and unwærlīċ (“unwary, heedless”).
Words formed from unwary
Words that rhyme with unwary
Questions about unwary
- What does unwary mean?
- Unwary means lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience.
- What is unwary in Tamil?
- Unwary in Tamil is விழிப்பாயிராத. See Unwary meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unwary?
- Unwary is an adjective.
Words near unwary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unwary (page history and authors); unwary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwary (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unwary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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