What's the difference between unwary and wary?

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.

Wary


Definition:

  • (a.) Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
  • (a.) Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Republicans remain wary of a contentious debate on the divisive issue, which could anger their core voters and undercut potential electoral gains in the November elections when control of Congress will be at stake.
  • (2) Besides, Francis says, once their reformation had gone on longer than their initial career, the rest of the band were starting to feel wary about just playing the old material, particularly when they found themselves booked to play a Canadian casino, the kind of venue that is traditionally the preserve of oldies acts: "It was just sort of symbolic, like ha-ha, here we are, at the casino.
  • (3) But while France has plainly moved on from the days when François Hollande could say his true enemy was “the world of finance”, major players remain wary of the country’s rigid employment laws .
  • (4) But many inside these Asian nations are wary of efforts to make emerging economies break ranks.
  • (5) The head of the TUC, Frances O'Grady, said she supported the aims of the foundation, but was wary of endorsing changes that allowed retailers to squeeze under the wire without raising the pay of the lowest-paid workers.
  • (6) Yet whatever Jürgen Klinsmann’s understandable wariness about Portugal as a wounded animal, the USA coach might prefer to take his chances against a less-than-100% Ronaldo in the testing, Amazonian conditions in Manaus, no matter how good he is.
  • (7) He is wary of pretension, alive to all shades of irony.
  • (8) I am of a similar vintage and, like many friends and fans of the series, bemoan the fact that we are generally treated by society as silly, weak, daft, soppy, prejudiced (even bigoted), risk-averse and wary of new situations.
  • (9) Tinsley is also wary about believing that the EBacc will make a substantial difference to language learning.
  • (10) Other countries in Africa and indeed all over the world need to look closely at this experiment in Lesotho and be very wary of repeating it."
  • (11) I was told the Guardian had been too negative about Playboy in the past, and that they were also wary after a recent "trashing in the Sunday Times magazine – where Mr Hefner underwent a complete character assassination".
  • (12) The government faces a close-fought referendum on constitutional reforms later this year, on which Renzi’s political fate hinges, and is wary of angering small investors.
  • (13) The dispute has pushed together regional powers who a few years ago might have been as wary of neighbours with claims on the islands as they were of Beijing.
  • (14) Fashion editors and former employees are wary of talking in public about them.
  • (15) Obama and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) got off to a shaky start: the KRG, which mostly benefited from the US invasion of Iraq, was wary of an American president anxious to withdraw and detach from the country.
  • (16) I am wary – very clear – I really wonder where it's all going, all this with Barack.
  • (17) As well as the risk of attrition to the Tories, the Lib Dems will be mindful that traditional Labour voters will be wary of proposed Lib Dem cuts in public spending – an issue that promises to take centre stage at the next election.
  • (18) Hudson says social workers have been wary of media attention because they believe it only focuses on the negative.
  • (19) Mourinho’s pre-match utterances are generally best skimmed for the odd word not specifically dedicated to inflammatory falsehoods, but Chelsea’s manager was correct to offer some wary respect for the Football League’s champion club and here, lining up in a tightly knit 4-4-2, Leicester were sharp in the tackle early on, and pacy on the break throughout.
  • (20) With a few striking exceptions, such as William Dalrymple and Philip Hensher , contemporary writers have become wary of engaging with it in all its complicated, uneasy-making richness.