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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unpreparedadjective

    without preparation; not prepared for

    "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson

Wiktionary

  1. unpreparedadjective

    Not prepared; caught by surprise.

    The castle was unprepared for the assault.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unpreparedadjective

    Unpractis’d, unprepar’d, and still to seek. John Milton.

    To come unprepar’d before him, is an argument that we do not esteem God. Brian Duppa, Rules for Devotion.

    Fields are full of eyes, and woods have ears;
    For this the wise are ever on their guard,
    For, unforeseen, they say, is unprepar’d. Dryden.

    I would not kill thy unprepared spirit;
    No; heavens forefend. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    My unprepar’d, and unrepenting breath,
    Was snatch’d away by the swift hand of death. Wentworth Dillon.

ChatGPT

  1. unprepared

    Unprepared refers to not being ready, equipped or well-suited for a particular situation, event or action. This implies a lack of proper planning, training, resources or adequate information required to effectively handle or respond to something.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unprepared

    un-prē-pārd′, adj. without preparation, done without such.—n. Unpreparā′tion, unpreparedness.—adv. Unprepār′edly.—n. Unprepār′edness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unprepared in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unprepared in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of unprepared in a Sentence

  1. Hector Rodriguez:

    He was born in 1979 when zero technology for engaging patients existed and contact with patients in the NICU was very limited, information was limited and parents, particularly young, first-time parents, were uninformed, unprepared and under-educated.

  2. President Trump:

    I can assure Peter Navarro that we are not unprepared.

  3. President Obama:

    President Obama’s woefully unprepared, there has to be a point at which Secretary Clinton say,' Enough,'.

  4. Timothy Ingalsbee:

    Much more aggressive fire suppression occurs on public lands, in fact, to prevent wildfires from spreading onto private lands which are unprepared and unsustainable given wildfire.

  5. Tom Frieden:

    The sad truth is that pandemics even deadlier than Covid could happen at any point in the future. Failure is an option, but success is possible. We must work together as a world and invest the financial and political capital, supported by technical expertise and effective global, regional, and national institutions, to make sure we are never again caught so unprepared.

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