unwary

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

• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

unwary (comparative unwarier, superlative unwariest)

1. Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience.
2. 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] 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

3. Unprepared; not watchful.

• careless

• unwarily

• runway, unwray