Unprepared
adjective
Not ready or not equipped to do something.
The team was unprepared for the sudden change in the game plan.
Often appears as...
- unprepared for something
- caught unprepared
adjective
Not having practiced or studied enough.
He felt unprepared for the final exam.
Often appears as...
- unprepared for an exam
- unprepared for a speech
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Not ready or not equipped to do something.
The team was unprepared for the sudden change in the game plan.
Often appears as...
- unprepared for something
- caught unprepared
adjective
Not having practiced or studied enough.
He felt unprepared for the final exam.
Often appears as...
- unprepared for an exam
- unprepared for a speech
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Situations
Used when someone is caught off guard by a sudden event or situation.
She was unprepared for the early arrival of her guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Resources
Highlights a situation where necessary tools or equipment are missing.
The campers were unprepared for the cold, lacking warm clothing.
Pro Tip 3/3Implying Negligence
Can suggest a lack of responsibility or foresight when facing responsibilities.
The project failed because the team was unprepared.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Situations
Used when someone is caught off guard by a sudden event or situation.
She was unprepared for the early arrival of her guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Resources
Highlights a situation where necessary tools or equipment are missing.
The campers were unprepared for the cold, lacking warm clothing.
Pro Tip 3/3Implying Negligence
Can suggest a lack of responsibility or foresight when facing responsibilities.
The project failed because the team was unprepared.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Situations
Used when someone is caught off guard by a sudden event or situation.
She was unprepared for the early arrival of her guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Resources
Highlights a situation where necessary tools or equipment are missing.
The campers were unprepared for the cold, lacking warm clothing.
Pro Tip 3/3Implying Negligence
Can suggest a lack of responsibility or foresight when facing responsibilities.
The project failed because the team was unprepared.
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and that our Sun's life is also finite. While Mars and all the movies made in its name have reinvigorated the ethos for space travel, few of us seem to truly realize that our species' fragile constitution is woefully unprepared for long duration journeys into space. Let us take a trek to your local national forest
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Saving Cabins in the...
People out here, we depend on these cabins and we depend on it every year for generations. We let these cabins get eliminated by water and ice, that could easily eliminate someone's life that's coming out here unprepared thinking they have a nice spot to get cozy in and dry off in.
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George Papandreou:...
Bruno You seem to describe a political leadership that is kind of unprepared and a prisoner of the whims of the financial markets, and that scene in Brussels that you describe, to me, as a citizen, is terrifying. Help us understand how you felt after the decision.
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Paul Conneally: Digital...
that traditional aid agencies had never before encountered. We were in one of the poorest countries on the planet, but 80 percent of the people had mobile devices in their hands. And we were unprepared for this, and they were shaping the aid effort.
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Amanda Bennett: We need...
As a result, he spent just four days in hospice, which I'm sure, as you all know, is a pretty typical outcome, and we never said goodbye because we were unprepared for the end. We have a noble path to curing the disease, patients and doctors alike,
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Pelvic Target PIPE National...
should be fairly realistic as to what you would actually feel in the human body if you were to impact with this pelvic strike in the real world the counter strike would likely surprise the attacker he would be as unprepared to move as a dummy what
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Digital humanitarianism...
this was a situation that traditional aid agencies had never before encountered we were in one of the poorest countries on the planet but eighty percent of the people had mobile devices in their hands and we were unprepared for this and they were
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Are China and the US...
This guy here? He's not American and he's not Greek. He's Chinese. His name is Sun Tzu. He wrote "The Art of War," and if you see his statement underneath, it's along these "Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."
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Maria Van Kerkhove: How...
or am completely unprepared to deal with is the negative. What I am personally accused of, what WHO as an organization is accused of, it's hard for me to wrap my head around because my entire job is to help people and to save people's lives.
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Why your doctor should...
but I realized after the genocide that there was more I could and should have done to sound the alarm and rally support." The AIDS epidemic caught the health community unprepared,
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How humans could evolve...
and that our Sun's life is also finite. While Mars and all the movies made in its name have reinvigorated the ethos for space travel, few of us seem to truly realize that our species' fragile constitution is woefully unprepared for long duration journeys into space. Let us take a trek to your local national forest
Video examples
Saving Cabins in the...
People out here, we depend on these cabins and we depend on it every year for generations. We let these cabins get eliminated by water and ice, that could easily eliminate someone's life that's coming out here unprepared thinking they have a nice spot to get cozy in and dry off in.
Video examples
George Papandreou:...
Bruno You seem to describe a political leadership that is kind of unprepared and a prisoner of the whims of the financial markets, and that scene in Brussels that you describe, to me, as a citizen, is terrifying. Help us understand how you felt after the decision.
Video examples
Paul Conneally: Digital...
that traditional aid agencies had never before encountered. We were in one of the poorest countries on the planet, but 80 percent of the people had mobile devices in their hands. And we were unprepared for this, and they were shaping the aid effort.
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Amanda Bennett: We need...
As a result, he spent just four days in hospice, which I'm sure, as you all know, is a pretty typical outcome, and we never said goodbye because we were unprepared for the end. We have a noble path to curing the disease, patients and doctors alike,
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Pelvic Target PIPE National...
should be fairly realistic as to what you would actually feel in the human body if you were to impact with this pelvic strike in the real world the counter strike would likely surprise the attacker he would be as unprepared to move as a dummy what
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Digital humanitarianism...
this was a situation that traditional aid agencies had never before encountered we were in one of the poorest countries on the planet but eighty percent of the people had mobile devices in their hands and we were unprepared for this and they were
Video examples
Are China and the US...
This guy here? He's not American and he's not Greek. He's Chinese. His name is Sun Tzu. He wrote "The Art of War," and if you see his statement underneath, it's along these "Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."
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Maria Van Kerkhove: How...
or am completely unprepared to deal with is the negative. What I am personally accused of, what WHO as an organization is accused of, it's hard for me to wrap my head around because my entire job is to help people and to save people's lives.
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Why your doctor should...
but I realized after the genocide that there was more I could and should have done to sound the alarm and rally support." The AIDS epidemic caught the health community unprepared,
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John Wayne
American Actor
I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star.
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Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
I was only a young girl of 13 when my father passed away from a sudden heart attack, leaving us unprepared to take on life without him. We had been protected from life's challenges so far. But without warning, all that changed overnight.
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Clemantine Wamariya
American Author
My experiences have shown me that when an opportunity bigger than you comes along and you feel unprepared and doubtful, it is important to permit those emotions and let that energy drive you and inspire you to move forward.
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Nimrat Kaur
Indian Actress
I like to be prepared enough to be completely unprepared. I don't know if I make sense, but I have a fantasy of living someone else's life. And to do that perfectly, I need to prepare myself just as properly.
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Mahesh Manjrekar
Indian Actor
I never come on the sets unprepared. I don't come here and then decide what I have to shoot. I prepare myself well in advance.
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Harrison Ford
American Actor
I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.
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Fred Allen
American Comedian
A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
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Tom Herman
American Coach
I think pressure is that uneasy feeling that you feel when you're unprepared.
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
Being unprepared makes me nervous. I'm old-fashioned show folk.
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James Galway
Irish Musician
Being unprepared heightens nerves.
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John Wayne
American Actor
I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star.
Quote examples
Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
I was only a young girl of 13 when my father passed away from a sudden heart attack, leaving us unprepared to take on life without him. We had been protected from life's challenges so far. But without warning, all that changed overnight.
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Clemantine Wamariya
American Author
My experiences have shown me that when an opportunity bigger than you comes along and you feel unprepared and doubtful, it is important to permit those emotions and let that energy drive you and inspire you to move forward.
Quote examples
Nimrat Kaur
Indian Actress
I like to be prepared enough to be completely unprepared. I don't know if I make sense, but I have a fantasy of living someone else's life. And to do that perfectly, I need to prepare myself just as properly.
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Mahesh Manjrekar
Indian Actor
I never come on the sets unprepared. I don't come here and then decide what I have to shoot. I prepare myself well in advance.
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Harrison Ford
American Actor
I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.
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Fred Allen
American Comedian
A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
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Tom Herman
American Coach
I think pressure is that uneasy feeling that you feel when you're unprepared.
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
Being unprepared makes me nervous. I'm old-fashioned show folk.
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James Galway
Irish Musician
Being unprepared heightens nerves.
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