Adverb: unawares ,ún-u'wehrz
- Suddenly and unexpectedly
"rain caught them unawares"; "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"
- Without forethought or plan; inadvertently
"came upon the diamond unawares"
- At a disadvantage
"I was caught unawares";
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