ill-prepared
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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As it happened, Kissinger had actually been quite involved with the Trump transition and knew exactly how ill-prepared they were.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sarah Scobie, Deputy Director of Research at the Nuffield Trust, warned end-of-life care services are "ill-prepared for an increase in deaths as the population ages overall".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Europe has wide "shortfalls" in its military capabilities which leave it "ill-prepared" as the war in Ukraine grinds on, a new report said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
But I’d wanted to know if I could live under circumstances for which I was ill-prepared and might altogether hate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Constance asked, launching into a tirade about how ill-prepared they were, how little time they had, and how this plan was giving her a worse headache than the hidden-message broadcasts did.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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