as in unprepared
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Recent Examples of unready
But readiness is usually an advantage, especially when your opponent is adamantly unready.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
About a quarter are unready to express an opinion of either.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2024
Subsequent polls showed a reality Biden was unready to accept: Vice President Kamala Harris was outperforming him.
—Philip Wegmann, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
Struck by the social upheaval of the late 1960s and early 1970s, unready for the academic rigor and still finding himself, Watson often was uncomfortable in and out of the classroom even as his golf continued to flourish and develop.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2024
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
About a quarter are unready to express an opinion of either.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2024
Subsequent polls showed a reality Biden was unready to accept: Vice President Kamala Harris was outperforming him.
—Philip Wegmann, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
Struck by the social upheaval of the late 1960s and early 1970s, unready for the academic rigor and still finding himself, Watson often was uncomfortable in and out of the classroom even as his golf continued to flourish and develop.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unready
Adjective
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Among entry-level employees, 41% reported feeling unprepared to use AI features, compared to just 10% of executives.—
Sahar Hashmi,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Unfortunately, so too have the number of search-and-rescue efforts, as many people enter the backcountry woefully unprepared.—
Amanda Loudin,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Moody, who until recently served as state attorney general, witnessed the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which caught southwest Florida underprepared for a last-minute course shift.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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And in my experience, most companies are wildly underprepared for it.—
Jochen Schwenk,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Unready.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unready. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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