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Meanings of unawares in English

Spanish
de improvisto

At a disadvantage.

de improvisto
Usage of unawares in English
1
They can't have been taken unawares by the level of interest, surely?
The Guardian
2
People carried and spread the plague unawares until the fever took hold.
Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
3
The Eridanians didn't exactly have the technology to take the IG unawares.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
4
I chose some new companions;-andnow I find I entertained assassins unawares.
The Genius
5
The Christian name slipped out unawares, and the Duke winced at it.
Lady Rose's Daughter
6
The blow caught him unawares and knocked him squawking upon the ground.
The Tale of the The Muley Cow / Slumber-Town Tales
7
He would prove this great lady; she should not take him unawares.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
8
Taken unawares, the executive was not prepared to refuse the courteous request.
Certain Success
9
It is imposed from without, and the seed does its bidding unawares.
The Nature of Goodness
10
This was said unawares while listening to the life of a saint.
Life of Father Hecker
11
Some of his thoughts, appearing in print, may take modern readers unawares.
The Guardian
12
We may be laying the foundations of such a system to-day unawares.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
13
All of it had fairly leaped at him and caught him unawares.
Kenny
14
I had forgot about the equinoctial gales, and this caught me unawares.
Mince Pie
15
Nothing is impossible if you can only take the other fellow unawares.
The Treasure-Train
16
Do it quietly, take them unawares, and the risk will be nothing.
Chatterbox, 1906
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common