Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having made no preparations.
- adjective Not equipped to meet a contingency.
- adjective Impromptu.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not prepared.
- Not fitted or made suitable, fit, or ready for future use: as, unprepared provisions.
- Not brought into a right, safe, or suitable condition in view of a future event, contingency, accident, attack, danger, or the like; not put in order; specifically, not made ready or fit for death or eternity.
- Not planned; not worked out in advance; extemporaneous; as, an unprepared speech; unprepared speaking, Not brought into a particular mental state; not trained: as, an unprepared student.
- In music, specifically of a dissonant tone, not held over from a preceding chord or otherwise prepared; reached by a skip.
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- adjective Not
prepared ; caught bysurprise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without preparation; not prepared for
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Examples
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So many children are being born in unprepared and immature families.
Global Voices in English » Jamaica: High Teen Pregnancy and Sexual Violence Rates 2009
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Of course, being unprepared is another procrastination technique my sneaky mind likes to use.
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Three other McCain advisors were sitting onstage, but it was Lieberman — whom Barack Obama endorsed just two years ago, when he faced a primary challenge — who volubly took the lead in criticizing the Democratic candidate, whom he described as unprepared to lead the country through a Manichaean global struggle.
Lieberman Drops by Foreign-Policy Forum, Explains Himself, Shreds Obama 2008
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Three other McCain advisors were sitting onstage, but it was Lieberman — whom Barack Obama endorsed just two years ago, when he faced a primary challenge — who volubly took the lead in criticizing the Democratic candidate, whom he described as unprepared to lead the country through a Manichaean global struggle.
Lieberman Drops by Foreign-Policy Forum, Explains Himself, Shreds Obama 2008
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'See but,' she cried, 'how dreadfully unprepared is Sir
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Lule said the biggest group he's seeing unprepared is Hispanics.
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This most recent match welcomed Redmond game studio Airtight Games, who seemed unprepared from the start — at least, compared to PA’s set of matching red polo shirts with tiny game controller insignias on the breast.
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Caroline Kennedy may have never "worked" but she has a "non public" life experience, She's been involved with many organizations and she's not running "unprepared" - to the highest officelike somewomantried beforeas Kathleen Parker wrote:
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Victims of an unprovoked attack, unprepared, which is the best evidence of peaceable will, witnesses of the outrage of a neighbor people, bleeding from the wounds of their own country, -- what better cause for war could men have?
The World Decision Robert Herrick 1903
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His remarks follow complaints by prominent Republicans who have criticized the choice of Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, calling her unprepared for the job.
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