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unwariness

WordNet
  1. (n) unwariness
    the trait of not being cautious and watchful
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Unwariness
    The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness; heedlessness.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Unwariness
    the state of being unwary, careless, or heedless
Usage in the news

Ford's retiree cashout : A trap for the unwary. cbsnews.com

Cholla Cactus Garden showcases the lush-looking plant with bristles that "jump" onto unwary passersby. saturdayeveningpost.com

While banks are entitled to charge reasonable fees for legitimate services, fees should not trap or surprise the unwary consumer or target those who can least afford them. nytimes.com

Paul Piper explores the types of misleading to totally false information that can be found on the Net, often by unwary surfers. infotoday.com

Common scams continue to snare unwary local residents. sanduskyregister.com

DNS Changer Malware Could Lock Unwary Users Out of the Internet on July 9. eweek.com

Ford's retiree cashout: A trap for the unwary . cbsnews.com

Affirmative Action Traps for the Unwary . staffingindustry.com

When unwary donors click on the links, they are directed to bogus Web sites, where they unwittingly give their credit card numbers and other financial data to the fraud artists. usatoday.com

Top 5 'gotchas' for unwary TV buyers. nzherald.co.nz

But they can also be hazardous to the unwary rider. texarkanagazette.com

There were columns of thick black smoke from oil burned on the surface, through which unwary birds were flying. lamonitor.com

Credit Traps for the Unwary. moneymattersradio.net

Usage in scientific papers

We end with a few examples illustrating some of the pitfalls into which an unwary applicant of the results presented can fall.
Test Functions, Kernels, Realizations and Interpolation

Coherent human writing has many subtly self-referential elements which can be exploited to classify products of unwary text generators.
Algorithmic Detection of Computer Generated Text

While this may seem like a totally canonical definition, there are two traps for the unwary.
The symplectic and algebraic geometry of Horn's problem

Usage in literature

Other ears than those of the puma had heard the unwary hunter's footsteps. "Kings in Exile" by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

The floor was polished oak, which was slippery to unwary feet. "Penshurst Castle" by Emma Marshall

These frequently beguile the unwary. "The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880" by Various

He fell so heartily into the business as to become unwary. "Robin Hood" by Paul Creswick

To scourge the bad, th' unwary to reclaim, And make light flash upon the face of shame. "An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad" by Walter Harte

Then, in an unwary instant, it slipped out of her soapsudsy little fingers and crashed to the floor. "The Very Small Person" by Annie Hamilton Donnell

Yet there is treachery in the Goose even in its apparent repose, and the unwary emigrant sometimes comes to grief upon its treacherous bed. "The Mountain Divide" by Frank H. Spearman

With fish so abundant and unwary, and fishermen few, fishing was easy. "A Mountain Boyhood" by Joe Mills

An unwary winged eel served as their breakfast, and soon they were on their way to those beckoning hills. "Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930" by Various

Hardly longer ago than yesterday, the wild creatures had been unwary and confident, showing themselves everywhere. "The House in the Water" by Charles G. D. Roberts

Usage in poetry
Dip your pen in gold
before you grow too old
and ignore those who guld
the unwary.
No maid that strays with steps unwary
Through snares unseen,
But one to live and die for; Mary,
The Queen.
Night and light? O thou of heart unwary,
Love, what knowest thou here at all aright,
Lured, abused, misled as men by fairy
Night and light?
Hide in thine own soul, and surprise
The password of the unwary elves;
Seek it, thou canst not bribe their spies;
Unsought, they whisper it themselves.
And good Doctor NEWMAN, that praycher unwary,
'Tis he shall preside the Academee School,
And quit the gay robe of ST. PHILIP of Neri,
To wield the soft rod of ST. LAWRENCE O'TOOLE!
You smile, good friend? But ah, be sure
'Tis not a theme for scoffing;
For well, too well, I know the lure
of fish tins in the offing.
A devil lurks inside each tine
To tempt unwary souls to sin.