unprepared en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English prepare English -ed English prepared English unprepared From un- + prepared.
Meanings
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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:I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.
1985, Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's no harm undone, page 113:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unprepared | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unprepared | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
Translations (21)
uk непідгото́влений (not prepared) · bg неподготвен (not prepared) · pl nieprzygotowany (not prepared) · fi valmistautumaton (not prepared) · ru негото́вый (not prepared) · nl onvoorbereid (not prepared) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌿𐍃 (not prepared) · el απαράσκευος (not prepared) · da uforberedt (not prepared) · ru неподгото́вленный (not prepared) · cs nepřipravený (not prepared) · hu felkészületlen (not prepared) · grc ἀπαράσκευος (not prepared) · nb uforberedt (not prepared) · de unvorbereitet (not prepared) · ga anullamh (not prepared) · eo senprepara (not prepared) · hy անպատրաստ (not prepared) · la imparātus (not prepared) · ga neamhullamh (not prepared) · sk nepripravený (not prepared)