unprepared

/ ˌʌnprɪˈpɛəd /

adjective

1. having made inadequate preparations
2. not made ready or prepared
3. done without preparation; extemporaneous

Derived Forms

• ˌunpreˈparedly, adverb
• ˌunpreˈparedness, noun

Example Sentences

That helps prevent a president from being caught unprepared in the face of an early crisis.

From Los Angeles Times

Across Myanmar, conscripted soldiers - often untrained and unprepared - are sent to conflict zones with little support.

From BBC

According to reporters covering him at the time, he’d been unprepared to win the presidency in 2016, let alone to fill key positions and develop a legislative and regulatory strategy on poverty issues.

From Salon

Blood from the victim, asleep at the time and unprepared for the vicious assault, splashed onto the sleeves of the suspect’s lime green windbreaker, an FBI special agent claimed in an affidavit filed in U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Amid Democratic anxiety about the tightness of the presidential race and slippage in support among key voting blocs, Vice President Kamala Harris is increasingly and aggressively painting former President Trump as unprepared and unhinged.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• unaware
• vulnerable