unready
2
4.5
- adjective
- /ʌnˈrɛdi/
- The team was unready for the match, forgetting to bring their equipment.
- an unready child
Examples
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Despite those fears, though, a new report says the feds are as unready as ever.
Blog text (30) -
In fact, if you are unready to get up off the mat today, I don't blame you.
Blog text (1) -
Charles was unready to talk.
Fiction book (1999) -
There we were, an unready father for an unwanted child.
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We're unready for peace, too, ain't we?
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But we're entirely unready for emancipation.
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Yet he remained silent, unready to burden them with the political maneuverings going on back on Earth.
Fiction book (1999) -
His face displayed the pain and suffering of manhood thrust upon an unready heart.
Fiction book (1992) -
Frances looked up at Clara with the mourning, desperate look of children unready for growing up.
Fiction book (1993) -
White parents may be more likely to hold a child out of school whom they perceive to be unready, or they may hold an immature seventh or eighth grader back a year to improve his chances of playing high school football.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
69
2.8
Not ready for something because the things you need or a plan are missing
12
6.1
Having no tools, help, or skills needed for a task
3
6.7
Not ready and unable to react quickly
2
4.6
Not having the tools or skills needed for a task
1
5.7
A person or group who does not have enough skills for a job
1
7.5
Caught by surprise and unable to react quickly
1
3.9
Not ready enough for an important task or event
1
5.6
Not having enough tools or supplies to do something properly
Antonyms
Compounds
A king of England who failed to stop Danish invasions and whose nickname meant he had poor advisers
How Ready
82
2.8
103
1.3
∞
1.0
3
3.5
2
4.5
73
3.2
69
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unready is made from un- meaning 'not' and ready, meaning 'prepared' or quick to act. So unready simply means 'not prepared' or slow to react.