Unwary

Another trap for the unwary is the preparation of the land. ❋ Unknown (1996)

As the unwary are allured by the "well-favored harlot's" looks, so Israel, ❋ Unknown (1871)

"That was their last word on it, so these letters just look like a sort of trap for the unwary, which is not fair," said Ofer Lion, a lawyer who has written about the issue. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The most dangerous trap for the unwary is the regulation on self-dealing - a legal principle that prevents I.R.A. owners from making investments that benefit themselves or certain family members, even indirectly. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Should he return to me," she thought in those paroxysms of delusion, "I would to _him_ unbosom all my guilt; and as a remote, a kind of unwary accomplice in my crime, his sense, his arguments, ever ready in making light of my sins, might afford a respite to my troubled conscience." ❋ Mrs. Inchbald (1787)

Still, no one knows what free will come to mean in forty years, when speakers of languages other than English may free this very old word from its current hell of being used predominantly to describe goods and services to be had or so hope the naïve and unwary at no cost. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Those "leaders" are serving the interests of Wall Street firms who fear Warren and the CFPB because they'll interfere with some of their core business practices: Mortgage documents that are unreadable and contain secret traps for unwary consumers; credit card ripoffs and deceptions; and dishonest underwriting practices that threaten borrowers, investors, and the entire economy. ❋ RJ (2011)

And even that most notorious technique of postmodernism, self-reflexivity, is really as much a way of poking fun at the pretentions of fiction writers, their claims to adequately represent the world of experience in a direct and unmediated way, as it is to frustrate the expectations of unwary readers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think you did pick up on though I was being facetious about the ¨rope trick¨ scam that I do recognize there are some dangers there, and that though these stops are common enough there is the danger of a ruse to catch the unwary in this scam. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Textbooks rewritten in Texas of all places so the story can be set for the optimal effects of revisions to confuse the unwary who believe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another example of Excel providing too many tools to the unwary. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On a calm sunny day, out of nowhere, it can wreak destruction upon the unwary, demasting their ships in a thought to be safe harbor and heeling them over to sink into a watery grave. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the shafts await feet heavier than a rabbit to swallow the unwary whole. ❋ Gill Hoffs (2011)

The deck was too hot to lie upon, and poisonous vapors, oozing through the seams, crept like evil spirits over the ship, stealing into the nostrils and windpipes of the unwary and causing fits of sneezing and coughing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Haberman's interpretation of any court order in his possession to mean every individual or entity anywhere is barred from publishing or discussing him or the demonstrated menace he poses to an unwary public speaks loudly to his ignorance of law as well as his malformed audacity and sense of entitlement to deceive and do harm to others without consequence. end quote quote ❋ Unknown (2010)

And those "investment educational seminars" you fear might be halted are used to pitch inappropriate high-fee products to unwary retirees. ❋ Unknown (2011)

These effectively slow speeding vehicles, but are likely to disable a vehicle under the control of an unwary or reckless driver, either by shattering the shock linkage or, even more efficiently, by crippling the steering mechanism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Whatever the case, its intent is to ambush the unwary. ❋ Unknown (2010)