Example Sentences

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China recognizes that technological unreadiness and uneven access to alternative fuels are still major obstacles.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

"It's just so hard to believe that this is happening again, in Sochi it was my hip after a specific crash in practice but the feeling of unreadiness and doubt are all too familiar."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2022

Ironic, too, to see an event Japan sold as the “Recovery Olympics” highlighting its unreadiness for prime time.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2021

Uncertainty, unreadiness or indifference are just as important to pay attention to as a firm, obvious No. Enjoy this relationship for what it was, and wish him the best.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2018

There was the shifty rustling of unreadiness but finally a boy of fourteen led us off and I dared not hang back, as much as I hated the idea of seeing Mrs. Taylor.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou