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- Dictionaryunprepared/ˌʌnprɪˈpɛːd/
adjective
- 1. not ready or able to deal with something: "she was totally unprepared for what happened next" Similar Opposite
- 2. not made ready for use: "paintings on unprepared canvas"
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not prepared; not ready: He was completely / totally / wholly unprepared for what he saw. The extreme cold weather caught them unprepared. Opposite. prepared. Compare. unready. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not expected or planned. abrupt end. abrupt halt. abruptly. abruptness. ad hoc. inadvertence. inadvertency. inadvertently.
not prepared; not ready: He was completely / totally / wholly unprepared for what he saw. The extreme cold weather caught them unprepared. Opposite. prepared. Compare. unready. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not expected or planned. abrupt end. abrupt halt. abruptly. abruptness. ad hoc. inadvertence. inadvertency. inadvertently.
: not prepared. was unprepared for class. … they were woefully unprepared to take on the responsibilities expected of them. Richard M. Ketchum. unpreparedness. ˌən-pri-ˈper-əd-nəs. also -ˈperd-nəs. noun. Synonyms. ad hoc. ad-lib. down and dirty. extemporaneous. extemporary. extempore. impromptu. improvisational. improvised. off-the-cuff. offhanded.
If you are unprepared for something, you are not ready for it, and you are therefore surprised or at a disadvantage when it happens.
unprepared (to do something) (formal) not willing to do something. She was unprepared to accept that her marriage was over. opposite prepared. See unprepared in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Unprepared definition: having made inadequate preparations. See examples of UNPREPARED used in a sentence.
adjective. without preparation; not prepared for. “ unprepared remarks”. “the shock was unprepared ”. “"our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared "- R.E.Danielson”. synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed.
unprepared meaning, definition, what is unprepared: not ready to deal with something: Learn more.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word unprepared mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word unprepared, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word unprepared?
If you are unprepared for something, you are not ready for it, and you are therefore surprised or at a disadvantage when it happens. I was totally unprepared for the announcement on the next day. Faculty members complain that their students are unprepared to do college-level work.
