unprepared

/ ˌʌnprɪˈpɛəd /

adjective

1. having made inadequate preparations

2. not made ready or prepared

3. done without preparation; extemporaneous

Other Word Forms

• unpreparedly adverb
• unpreparedness noun

Example Sentences

The player who spent his entire life building up moments like this looked unprepared.

From Los Angeles Times

The facility, they said, was unprepared to handle the large waves of detainees pouring into the center.

From Los Angeles Times

She said that the secretary’s gutting of a vaccine advisory committee has left the nation unprepared to combat outbreaks.

From Salon

When Ortega’s father died of a sudden heart attack outside the post office, she was unprepared for the consequences.

From Los Angeles Times

"I did so much research, but I still felt so unprepared," Tian says.

From BBC

Related Words

• unaware 
• vulnerable