unprepared

/ ˌʌnprɪˈpɛəd /

adjective

1. having made inadequate preparations
2. not made ready or prepared
3. done without preparation; extemporaneous

Derived Forms

• ˌunpreˈparedness, noun
• ˌunpreˈparedly, adverb

Example Sentences

Like districts across the country, Baltimore’s was unprepared.

From ProPublica

Instead, they prepare for a wide range of plausible scenarios to avoid finding themselves in situations that they are unprepared to manage, or where they need to invent solutions and implement them at the same time.

From MIT Technology Review

Policymakers, having left America unprepared for what’s next, now face brutal choices about which communities to save — often at exorbitant costs — and which to sacrifice.

From ProPublica

His family feels they weathered his death alone, unprepared to relieve his suffering.

From ProPublica

Yet when he landed in Manila to find out more, he was still unprepared.

From Ozy

The newly free country struggled to maintain order in the wake of independence, but it was woefully unprepared.

From The Daily Beast

But the thing with The Hobbit I will tell you... I went into it very unprepared.

From The Daily Beast

By then the Nazis had already annexed large swathes of Europe, and Britain was embarrassingly unprepared for war.

From The Daily Beast

Unprepared, and a laughingstock because of his handicap, Yarvi is bullied on every front—even by his mother.

From The Daily Beast

And over coffee, Grimm seemed monstrously unprepared for a campaign, let alone Congress.

From The Daily Beast

"Nothing," said the gentleman, certainly unprepared for Michael's resolution.

From Project Gutenberg

The unprepared sago is imported from the neighbouring island of Borromeo, and consists of the pith of a short, thick kind of palm.

From Project Gutenberg

Lawrence had come to the conclusion that the guerrillas were surprised and totally unprepared for a fight.

From Project Gutenberg

At the same time, not having looked for this cross-questioning, he was all unprepared with any likely answer.

From Project Gutenberg

Sahib, I could have killed him, and it would have been an easy matter to have done so, as he stood unprepared.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• unaware
• vulnerable