Dictionary entry

Unware

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Un‐ware″ (?), a. [AS. unwær unwary. See Un- not, and Wary.]

1. Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard. Chaucer. Fairfax.

2. Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen.

The unware woe of harm that cometh behind. Chaucer.

— Un‐ware″ly, adv. — Un‐ware″ness, n.