unprepared

English

Etymology 1

From un- +‎ prepared.

Adjective

unprepared (comparative more unprepared, superlative most unprepared)

  1. Not prepared; caught by surprise.
    Synonym: (informal) unprepped
    The castle was unprepared for the assault.
    • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954:
      “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’.”
    • 1985, Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's no harm undone, page 113:
      I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.
Translations

Noun

unprepared (plural unprepareds)

  1. A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.
    • 1983, Ronald B. Lansing, Skylarks and lecterns: a law school charter, page 116:
      "He's got another rule: Whenever he gets three unprepareds in a row, he leaves the classroom."

Etymology 2

From unprepare +‎ -ed.

Verb

unprepared

  1. simple past and past participle of unprepare
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.