ill-prepared en · ADJ
Etymology
From ill + prepared.
Meanings
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Not well prepared. Not ready, or not in condition to do a task.
He was ill-prepared for the exam. I'm not surprised he failed.
The colonists, many of them gentlemen ill-prepared to be settlers, achieved failure at almost everything they tried.
2006, William M Kelso, Jamestown - The Buried Truth:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more ill-prepared | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most ill-prepared | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |