unprepared
unprepared adjective: not prepared; caught by surprise. Also the simple past and past participle of unprepare.
Adjective
unprepared (comparative more unprepared, superlative most unprepared)
- Not prepared; caught by surprise.
- The castle was unprepared for the assault.
- “It'll be all right,” I assured her. “Make a rule for yourself not to speak to anyone, and nobody's going to guess you can see. It was only being quite unprepared that landed you in that mess before. ‘In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king’.”1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954
- Synonyms:
- unprepped, flat-footed
Noun
unprepared (plural unprepareds)
- A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.
- "He's got another rule: Whenever he gets three unprepareds in a row, he leaves the classroom."1983, Ronald B. Lansing, Skylarks and lecterns: a law school charter, page 116
Also used as
unprepared is also the simple past and past participle of unprepare.
unprepared meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
unprepared in Marathi
- तयारी नसलेली, तयारी नसलेले, तयारी नसलेला
unprepared in Urdu
- غیر تیار, غیر تیار شدہ, بے تیاری
unprepared in Bengali
- অপ্রস্তুত, অপ্রস্তুত হয়ে
unprepared in Telugu
- సిద్ధంకానిది, సిద్ధంకానివి, సిద్ధంకానిదిగా
More languagesFewer languages
- unprepared in Malayalam
- തയ്യാറെടുപ്പില്ലാത്തവർ
- unprepared in Kannada
- ಸಿದ್ಧತೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಸಿದ್ಧತೆ ಇಲ್ಲದ
- unprepared in Punjabi
- ਅਣ-ਤਿਆਰ
- unprepared in Gujarati
- તૈયારી વગરની, તૈયારી વગરના
- unprepared in Odia
- ଅପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ
- unprepared in Nepali
- अप्रस्तुत
Examples of unprepared in a sentence
- You've got to think ahead so as not to be unprepared.
- The team was so unprepared that the way it played was just gruesome.
- The unforgiving Arctic climate makes short work of the unprepared.
Synonyms of unprepared
Forms of unprepared
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unprepared |
| superlative | most unprepared |
| Noun | |
| plural | unprepareds |
Origin of unprepared
From un- + prepared.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from unprepared
Questions about unprepared
- What does unprepared mean?
- Unprepared means not prepared; caught by surprise.
- What is unprepared in Marathi?
- Unprepared in Marathi is तयारी नसलेली, तयारी नसलेले, तयारी नसलेला. See Unprepared meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is unprepared?
- Unprepared can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near unprepared in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unprepared (page history and authors); unprepared (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unprepared (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unprepared (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unprepared (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unprepared (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unprepared (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unprepared (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unprepared (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unprepared (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unprepared (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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