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The phrase "caught unawares" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a person or situation that was not expecting something unexpected to happen. For example: "We were caught unawares when the storm arrived earlier than expected."
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Ukip was also caught unawares.
Mrs. Lieberman, caught unawares, began to cry.
I had been caught unawares, even now.
She would not be caught unawares again.
Anybody caught unawares really hasn't been paying attention.
"People don't like to be caught unawares," he said.
"The family hospital Sawyer went to was caught unawares.
The blind and cyclists are thought to be particularly at risk of being caught unawares.
Smiles and laughter look most natural when the subject is caught unawares.
The residents of Bangkok were effectively caught unawares by a foreseeable occurrence.
The disease spread fast before being detected, in a city caught unawares.
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