unwarily

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Seems Meyer had unwarily confided in Ovitz that he absolutely coveted the property, only to learn two days later that Ovitz had snapped it up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Persistent Mr. Shinwell unwarily agreed that he welcomed "anything that would do good for the common cause."

From Time Magazine Archive

The ceiling leaks plaster, the walls are held upright by a huge wall divider, and one can step unwarily on a rug, as Eugene does, and sink a foot or so through the rotting floorboards.

From Time Magazine Archive

One leak was Colorado's Senator Edwin C. Johnson, member of the Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, who unwarily blurted it out on a television program in an argument for tighter security regulations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those who listened unwarily to that voice could seldom report the words that they heard; and if they did, they wondered, for little power remained in them.

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