underready

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adjective

Not fully ready; underprepared.

OriginEnglish ready ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunderready (not comparable)
  1. not comparableuncommonNot fully ready; underprepared.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishready
  13. Englishunderready

From under- + ready.

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APA

underready. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underready

MLA

“underready.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underready. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underready,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underready.

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