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as in artlessness
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as in inattention
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwariness
Noun
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But then, with seemingly on-the-fly artlessness, Laxe’s camera picks a few of the dancers out.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The history of financial reporting failures — from the savings and loan crisis through Enron and WorldCom and the restatement wave that followed the dot-com collapse — unfolded after periods of exactly this kind of bull-market inattention.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2026
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Many involved inattention, inexperience or lack of preparation, issues that can be addressed before a boat ever leaves the dock.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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Hansen-Love says there is a simplicity and unsophistication to Seydoux’s style.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 May 2022
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The blunt unsophistication of the pamphlet was an intellectual call to arms.—
Zachary D. Carter,
The New Republic,
17 June 2021
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Up to 60% of women experience it as confusion, difficulty concentrating, and forgetfulness that is estrogen-specific, not just aging.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
2 May 2026
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Symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, sleep issues, joint and muscle discomfort, night sweats, forgetfulness, moodiness, and irritability.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
23 Apr. 2026
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But despite their simplicity, the style leaves plenty of room for personalization.—
Omenaa Boakye,
InStyle,
9 June 2026
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Soccer derives its beauty from its simplicity.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens
June 8,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Attorneys representing inmates there said the facility’s culture of violence and inattentiveness led to two suicides and at least 10 severe beatings and stabbings in its final year of operation.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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That inattentiveness to cleaning the floor extended to the bottom shelf of a kitchen prep table and the top shelf of a prep table next to the cookline, each shelf dotted with 100 rodent droppings.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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Their bond — both are outsiders who suffered abuse as children — is one of the few emotional soft spots in the otherwise fast-moving series about America’s rotten power structure, manipulative media and the gullibility of the public.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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These forces—economic uncertainty, political division, and toxic algorithms—work in a vicious cycle to try and tell us that empathy is weakness… that kindness is gullibility… that sincerity is for suckers.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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That's not chance or carelessness.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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“Unwariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwariness. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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