unwaryadjective
uk/ʌnˈweə.ri/us/ʌnˈwer.i/not conscious of or careful about possible risks and dangers:
He sold fake insurance policies to unwary customers.
A range of tax and technical issues can trip up the unwary (= unwary people).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not paying attention
- absent
- absent-minded
- absently
- abstracted
- anyhow
- be having a moment idiom
- blind
- drop/lower your guard idiom
- faraway
- glaze
- go back to sleep! idiom
- hasty
- moment
- not take a blind bit of notice idiom
- perfunctory
- remiss
- sideline
- slapdash
- sloppy
- wander
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