unprepared

comparative more unprepared · superlative most unprepared

1. Not prepared; caught by surprise.

   The castle was unprepared for the assault.

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   “It'll be all right,” I assured her. “Make a rule for yourself not to speak to anyone, and nobody's going to guess you can see. It was only being quite unprepared that landed you in that mess before. ‘In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king’.”

   1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954

   I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.

   1985, Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's no harm undone, page 113

   Synonyms: unprepped, flat-footed

plural unprepareds

1. A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.

   "He's got another rule: Whenever he gets three unprepareds in a row, he leaves the classroom."

   1983, Ronald B. Lansing, Skylarks and lecterns: a law school charter, page 116

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unprepare