(a.) Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard.
(a.) Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Plasma concentration of imipramine and DMI were controlled weekly during the study, and standardized assessment of clinical state were made by a psychiatrist who was unware of biochemical findings.
Unwary
Definition:
(a.) Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
(a.) Unexpected; unforeseen; unware.
Example Sentences:
(1) The heat is getting oppressive but we stay alert and try to move with the flow, sticking to the left as much as possible and keeping an eye out for potholes and drain covers whose grilles face the direction of travel – lying in wait to trap unwary bike tyres.
(2) This uncommon, benign skin lesion has a bizarre histological appearance, which may frequently be misdiagnosed as milignant by the unwary.
(3) We wish to report on a design fault in the lid of a deep fat fryer which may lead to the unwary sustaining scalds of the hand.
(4) Fat within the fibroadipose layer anterior to the orbital septum may be mistaken for the preaponeurotic fat pad by the unwary surgeon and may lead to surgical error.
(5) Normally, cross-examination of a non-expert witness is a contest between a professional expert who is familiar with every detail of the case and a relatively unwary member of the public who is not.
(6) There are numerous potential pitfalls and traps for the unwary, but our experience has thus far been gratifyingly positive, and we endorse the further provision, observation, and documentation of this controversial approach to the care of the infertile couple.
(7) Evaluation and treatment of patients with ventricular arrhythmias are full of pitfalls for the unwary.
(8) Such charges have often caught out unwary travellers, landing some with bills running into thousands of pounds.
(9) Unwary pathologists have sometimes mistaken CETC for endocervical adenocarcinoma or interpreted them as "adenomatous hyperplasia."
(10) We welcome this opportunity to clarify their questions about our data, and to use their re-analysis of our material as a basis for a wider discussion of certain general aspects of the statistical analysis and interpretation of data and the pitfalls which await the unwary.
(11) The unwary and unprepared holiday-maker can be at risk of serious injury from a number of common sea creatures.
(12) However, the unwary traveler may encounter unexpected tropical diseases, many of which are preventable.
(13) These differences are significant at the 0.001 level and may give rise to a wrong interpretation by the unwary investigator.
(14) To the unwary, the resulting configuration can lead to an erroneous diagnosis of a mediastinal mass.
(15) It seems that in its efforts to reassure buyers, eBay has stacked the odds against unwary sellers.
(16) The author notes that two fallacies await the unwary psychiatrist: the fallacy of reductionism which defines the mystical experience in pathological terms only; and the fallacy of speculation without adequate philosophical or theological tools.
(17) This technology is less proven for other media, such as hair, saliva, or meconium, leaving potential pitfalls for the unwary researcher.
(18) On the basis of our results attention is pointed on the possible lesions of the enamel dependent from an unwary fluoride administration, particularly when decidual teeth are still present.
(19) Many pitfalls await the unwary, but with experience and care, most can be overcome or circumvented.
(20) His article in the Daily Mail last Friday, attacking "leftwing academics all too happy to feed the myths" of Blackadder and The Monocled Mutineer , was clever but unwary journalism.