unawares - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'unawares' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unawares

[ adv.]

- Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.

1 . unawares

[ r]

Meaning (1):
- without forethought or plan; inadvertently

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Meaning (2):
- at a disadvantage

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Meaning (3):
- suddenly and unexpectedly

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rain caught them unawares;
sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares

una boat unability unable unabled unableness unabridged unabsorbable unacceptability unacceptable unaccessible

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