underprepared

Examples

• All

• For these underprepared students, attending a two-year college can be a very appropriate course of action.

  Academic text (1995)

• With the expansion of access, there has been a sharp increase in nontraditional and underprepared students entering college.

  Academic text (2002)

• How effective are programs that are designed to bridge the gap for underprepared students?

  Academic text (1996)

• What are the best approaches for addressing the needs of an institution's underprepared students?

  Academic text (2008)

• My experience with underprepared students has been primarily with the doctoral students I teach.

  Academic text (2016)

• There is an urgent need to re-examine the ways we teach underprepared students entering college.

  Blog text (15)

• Most universities have selective admission standards that limit the enrollment of underprepared students.

  Academic text (2008)

• Large metropolitan areas have a larger number of underprepared students as well as higher proportions of minorities.

  Academic text (1990)

• Elizabethtown Community College (Kentucky) examined the relationship between the advising that underprepared students received and their success in courses.

  Academic text (1996)

• The adjustment is particularly difficult for underprepared freshmen—those who require remedial classes.

  Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

U

unprepared

vsunderprepared

68 2.8

Not ready for something because the things you need or a plan are missing

is a milder state, showing insufficient ability rather than total absence

I

ill-equipped

vsunderprepared

13 6.1

Having no tools, help, or skills needed for a task

includes missing skills, planning, or support as well as tools

U

unready

vsunderprepared

2 4.5

Not prepared and slow to understand or react

focuses more on not having done enough advance work

U

unequipped

vsunderprepared

2 4.6

Not having the tools or skills needed for a task

also implies missing training or planning beyond tools

U

undertrained

vsunderprepared

1 5.7

A person or group who does not have enough skills for a job

is more general, also including tool and planning gaps

U

underequipped

vsunderprepared

1 5.6

Not having enough tools or supplies to do something properly

is broader, covering training and planning shortages too

U

underbaked

vsunderprepared

1 6.8

Not fully planned or thought through and missing important details

is about lack of preparation and resources rather than planning alone

C

caught off the back foot

vsunderprepared

• UK

9.1

Surprised and not ready to deal with a sudden problem

describes a steady lack of preparation rather than sudden surprise

Antonyms

P

prepared

∞ 1.3

Ready to use or do something when needed

How Prepared

prepared

∞ 1.3

underprepared

2 3.9

unprepared

68 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology