Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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unawares | No | No | No | Yes |
short | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
unawares (noun) | short (noun) |
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the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | |
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed | |
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
unawares (adjective) | short (adjective) |
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(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range | |
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length | |
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration | |
low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal | |
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration | |
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices | |
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening | |
marked by rude or peremptory shortness | |
lacking foresight or scope | |
of insufficient quantity to meet a need | |
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so |
unawares (verb) | short (verb) |
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create a short circuit in | |
cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
unawares (adverb) | short (adverb) |
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suddenly and unexpectedly | in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner |
without forethought or plan; inadvertently | at a disadvantage |
at a disadvantage | so as to interrupt |
at some point or distance before a goal is reached | |
clean across | |
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold | |
quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation |