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off-guard
adjective as in unprepared
adverb as in when not paying attention
adjective as in inattentive
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in incautious
Weak matches
- any old way
- bold
- brash
- careless
- caught napping
- devil-may-care
- fast-and-loose
- foot-in-mouth
- hasty
- heedless
- hotheaded
- ill-advised
- ill-judged
- impetuous
- improvident
- imprudent
- impulsive
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- madcap
- neglectful
- negligent
- off guard
- pay no mind
- playing with fire
- precipitate
- rash
- reckless
- regardless
- sticking one's neck out
- thoughtless
- unalert
- unguarded
- unmindful
- unthinking
- unvigilant
- unwatchful
- wary
- wide open
adjective as in off-guard
adjective as in unsuspecting
adverb as in unawares
adverb as in off-guard
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Example Sentences
That brassy ploy had caught the Costa Ricans entirely off-guard and had knocked them off their stride.
Republicans were caught off-guard all campaign long and their response was atrocious.
And not in an interview, as was the case with Akin, who was caught off-guard, but in a prepared speech!
The response to the ad though has caught the campaign off-guard.
Nicholas McCarthy, director of The Pact, was caught off-guard when he learned Casper Van Dien wanted to be in his movie.
He hoped for a glimpse of the kangaroo-Gizl to see if he were as sincere off-guard as he had been during their interview.
Stillman knew at once that her ill-temper had caught her off-guard and she was already trying to crawl slowly back into his favor.
Joy is a lady of the finest breeding, but she can be caught off-guard at times.
In his mind was the conviction that we had pretended to be harmless animals so that we could catch him off-guard and kill him.
I wouldn't trust myself with you one minute off-guard like that.
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On this page you'll find 165 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to off guard, such as: apathetic, bored, careless, distracted, distraught, and indifferent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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