unwary

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Duesberg’s position also appealed to “the unwary, desperate or gullible” with “twisted facts and illogical lines of argument,” Moore wrote in 1996.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

And easy money can backfire on the unwary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

The creepiest by far is “dead men’s fingers,” Decaisnea fargesii, whose pewter-blue, fingerlike fruits stand out against butter-yellow foliage and reach out to unwary visitors.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

And every so often, the hungry earth opens into a sinkhole, eating everything in sight and beckoning the unwary into a maze of shifting waters and wind tunnels.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2023

‘When have I been hasty or unwary, who have waited and prepared for so many long years?’ said Aragorn.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien