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unready en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English unredy, equivalent to un- + ready. Compare Dutch ongereed and onbereid, German unbereit, Swedish oberedd.

Meanings

  1. Not ready. ▸ Not yet mature; not yet ripe.
    • As for our apple supply, this year's crop is unready, and last year's stored crop is now exhausted, so we're temporarily embarrassed, I'm afraid.
  2. Not ready. ▸ Not yet prepared.
    • The junior varsity team is unready for a serious competition; a lot of training remains to be done.

Forms

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most unready Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unready Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unreadiness · unreadily

Synonyms

immature · unprepared · unripe

Translations (6)

hy անպատրաստ (not ready) · ga neamhullamh (not ready) · bg неподготвен (not ready) · grc ἀπρόθυμος (not ready) · ga anullamh (not ready) · la imparātus (not ready)