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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But all too often, VIX rises in August and catches traders unprepared.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Homes, schools, hospitals, and transport networks are struggling to cope with back-to-back heatwaves this summer, exposing how unprepared the UK is for climate change.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Critics argue that left the Fed with a blind spot, with policymakers unprepared for how stress at mortgage lenders would soon cast a deep freeze over the entire economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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
The Fellowship Board would not approve my transfer to a lab from which I was totally unprepared to profit.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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