unwary
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Unwary of the fact that Their Majesties' visit might be delayed, engravers had marked the stone as laid on May 19.
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Unwary townsfolk voted to incorporate so they could get a better school and a municipal water system.
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Unwary investors who switch from risk-free CDs or Treasury bills to the stock market can find themselves in a frightening new world where prices can rapidly decline.
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Unwary, he allowed his attention to be distracted at the critical instant.
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Unwary, with open hands, he slept in the midst of his folk, And dreamed that he heard a voice crying without, and awoke, Leaping blindly afoot like one from a dream that he fears.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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