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unawares
[uhn-uh-wairz]
adverb
while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
without warning; by surprise; suddenly; unexpectedly.
to come upon someone unawares.
unawares
/ ˌʌəˈɛə /
adverb
without prior warning or plan; unexpectedly
she caught him unawares
without being aware of or knowing
he lost it unawares
Example Sentences
As the plane door opened, the couple were caught unawares.
He "sent it" around the outside with full commitment, and caught Piastri - an instinctive and clinical racer himself, normally - unawares.
Muir added the bonus point before half-time, as Ben Spencer ran down the blindside from a scrum to catch Saracens unawares before passing to the winger, who sprinted over a tackle into the corner.
The entire plot is driven by Blackthorne’s revelation that even the Christian lords’ European allies are secretly building an army with which they intend to take all of Japan unawares.
That the government is always caught unawares shows a depressing underinvestment in the waterworks of its cities and its rural areas.
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