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Adverb: unawares  ,ún-u'wehrz
  1. Without forethought or plan; inadvertently
    "came upon the diamond unawares"
     
  2. 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"
     
  3. At a disadvantage
    "I was caught unawares";
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unavailing
unavenged
unavoidability
unavoidable
unavoidable casualty
unavoidably
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unawakened
unaware
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unawed
unbacked
unbaffled
unbaked
unbalance
unbalanced
unbalconied
unbanded
unbanked
unbaptised