unawares

Adverb
  1. Without forethought or plan;
    Inadvertently (synset 400486012)
    "came upon the diamond unawares"
  2. Suddenly and unexpectedly (synset 400485809)
    "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 (synset 400454757)
    "I was caught short"
    same as: short

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