Ware vs Unaware - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
(uncountable, usually, in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
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(in the plural) See wares .
(uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
(countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
(Ireland) Crockery
(obsolete, or, dialectal) To beware of something.
(obsolete) wary; cautious
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(obsolete, UK, dialect) seaweed
(nautical) To wear, or veer.
(Webster 1913)
not aware or informed; lacking knowledge
Not noticing; paying no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
As a verb ware
is .As an adjective unaware is
not aware or informed; lacking knowledge.ware
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Usage notes
Replaced by intensified form aware.Derived terms
* bewareNoun
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Etymology 2
(etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- damascene ware''', ''tole ' ware
Derived terms
* (Corded Ware culture) * -wareEtymology 3
From (etyl) warianVerb
(war)Adjective
(en adjective)- Of whom be thou ware also.
- He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
Derived terms
* waryEtymology 4
From (etyl) .Noun
Derived terms
* ware gooseEtymology 5
Verb
(war)References
unaware
English
Adjective
(-)- I'm unaware of the answer to that question.
- Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison.
- (Jonathan Swift)