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Unawares meaning
Unexpectedly or by surprise. | Inadvertently. | Without plan or forethought.
Synonyms of Unawares
Example sentences (20)
An oyinbo man has narrated how he was tricked by a Nigerian yahoo boy in a way that caught him unawares.
Caught unawares, Labuschagne prodded on the front foot, edging it but it went too fast for Zak Crawley to react at first slip.
John Wick: Chapter 4 continued the story beyond the trilogy, and there are currently five more movies and shows planned caught the world unawares in 2014.
She'd been in charge right up until a moan had escaped her lips and taken her unawares, not in her plan, and the control passed from her lips to the tips of his fingers.
Steve Webb, partner at consultants LCP said: "One of the many flaws of the High Income Child Benefit Charge is the way it has caught thousands of families unawares.
The blow caught him unawares and caused him to fall to the ground, hitting his head.
When Kotak tendered his early resignation, a move that caught everyone unawares on September 2 (with effect from a day earlier), the market didn’t take it kindly.
A new breed of 'ultra' speed cameras on can catch drivers unawares, and they won't even realise they've been caught.
It caught them completely unawares - but they thought it'd be sorted out with a retrospective application.
Rick () first stumbles across her skeletal corpse as he journeys back home, with her sudden movement catching him unawares.
They might discover the freshly baked pecan pie you forgot to hide in the refrigerator while you chat unawares with a friend on the phone.
How often have you been caught unawares by that huge hump on the road without a signboard warning before it?
It’s best to have a conversation around it before you are caught unawares with the news, so you can plan.
Motorists from Kadavanthra, proceeding towards Vyttila, who are not familiar with the recently resurfaced four-lane road are caught unawares by the steep curve here.
Sidestepping a question on whether the movement of migrants had caught the government unawares, he said, “You have to understand that this is an unprecedented situation.
As one enters, an installation hung from above titled Fusion — a body made of wood, lying face down on a host of wooden protrusions — catches one unawares.
Daily Monitor reported that several people were seen walking to work as they were caught unawares by the traffic restrictions while motorists on several roads around the city were also seen stranded in traffic jam for hours.
In the meantime, thousands of visitors to the capital were taken unawares.
It is true that the Darius Ishaku administration met the problem on the ground and may have been caught unawares because it failed to study past reports on the crises, a source told Daily Independent.
Mr Heseltine was caught unawares by Mrs Thatcher's announcement.