unready

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adjective

Not yet mature; not yet ripe.

“The junior varsity team is unready for a serious competition; a lot of training remains to be done.”

Similar
immatureunripeunpreparedflat-footedflatfootednappingoff-guardoff guard
Opposite
ready
OriginMiddle English unredy →
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Meanings

adjectiveunready (comparative more unready, superlative most unready)

comparative more unready · superlative most unready

  1. Not ready.
    1. Not yet mature; not yet ripe.

      As for our apple supply, this year's crop is unready, and last year's stored crop is now exhausted, so we're temporarily embarrassed, I'm afraid.

      Synonyms: immature, unripe

    2. Not yet prepared.

      The junior varsity team is unready for a serious competition; a lot of training remains to be done.

      Synonyms: unprepared

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot yet mature; not yet ripe.

Similar
immatureunripe

adjectiveNot yet prepared.

Similar
unprepared

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond

Similar
flat-footedflatfootednappingoff-guardoff guardunripe
Opposite
ready
Also see
coldflat-footednappingoff guardoff one's guardunreadiedunripe

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishunredy
  2. Englishunready

From Middle English unredy, equivalent to un- + ready. Compare Dutch ongereed and onbereid, German unbereit, Swedish oberedd.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀπρόθυμος
  • ἀπρόθυμος (apróthumos)not ready
Bulgarian неподготвен
  • неподготвен (nepodgotven)not ready
Irish neamhullamh, anullamh
  • neamhullamhnot ready
  • anullamhnot ready
Latin imparātus
  • imparātusnot ready

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Reynaudunrayed
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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