Definition of unawares

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un·a·wares

(

-wârz

) KEY

ADVERB:

By surprise; unexpectedly: "Sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares" (Abraham Lincoln).
Without forethought or plan. See Usage Note at unaware.

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