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unprepared

/ ˌʌԱɪˈɛə /

adjective

  1. having made inadequate preparations

  2. not made ready or prepared

  3. done without preparation; extemporaneous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Word Forms

  • ˌܲԱˈ貹 adverb
  • ˌܲԱˈ貹Ա noun
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She said the school was likely unprepared for the possibility of an attack.

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“In Southern California, the detention centers were quite unprepared for the number of people being detained.”

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This year the monsoon arrived a week early in parts of southern India, catching authorities unprepared.

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LAFD’s equipment and operations have been under heightened scrutiny since the Palisades fire erupted Jan. 7, destroying thousands of homes and killing 12 people, with many saying that officials were severely unprepared.

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The authors conclude that the populace will likely be too distracted, too unprepared and too deeply divided to act in unison.

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