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Princeton's WordNet
unreadyadjective
not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond
"she cursed her unready tongue"
Wiktionary
unreadyadjective
Not ready.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unreadyadjective
The fairy knight
Departed thence, albe his wounds wide,
Not throughly heal’d, unready were to ride. Fairy Queen.How now, my lords? what all unready so? William Shakespeare.
From a temperate inactivity, we are unready to put in execution the suggestions of reason; or by a content in every species of truth, we embrace the shadow thereof. Brown.
Young men, in the conduct of actions, use extreme remedies at first, and, that which doubleth all errors, will not acknowledge or retract them; like an unready horse, that will neither stop nor turn. Francis Bacon.
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unready
Unready refers to a state or condition where someone or something is not prepared or equipped to perform a certain task or deal with a specific situation. It can also mean lacking in promptness or quickness in action or thought.
Webster Dictionary
Unreadyadjective
not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy
Unreadyadjective
not dressed; undressed
Unreadyverb
to undress
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unready
un-red′i, adj. not ready or prepared: slow: awkward: (Shak.) not dressed.—adv. Unread′ily.—n. Unread′iness.
Etymology and Origins
Unready
See “Ethelred the Unready.”
Anagrams for unready »
unrayed
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unready in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unready in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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