unprepared
Britishadjective
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having made inadequate preparations
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not made ready or prepared
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done without preparation; extemporaneous
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Rescue teams are working hard across the country, but it seems Venezuela is unprepared to handle the earthquakes - and this is a country that has dealt with extreme crises for years.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
"Humanity promised itself, in the rawness of that grief, that it would not face such a day again unprepared."
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
It isn’t that Rizzo was unprepared to spend money on soccer—he had previously traveled to the 2002 World Cup in Japan and the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“His conservative approach left both the papers and its employees somewhat unprepared for the realities of the internet,” said Thomas Maier, who wrote a 1994 biography of the family.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Traveling light had served him well in the first part of his escape, but left him unprepared for this unanticipated phase of his journey.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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