unprepared
adjectivenounverbattested in dialogue
Not prepared; caught by surprise.
adjective
- 1
Not prepared; caught by surprise.
The castle was unprepared for the assault.
“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’.”
I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English prepare English -ed English prepared English unprepared From un- + prepared.
noun
- 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."
verb
- 1
Also a form of unpreparesimple past and past participle of unprepare
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Forms
- plural
- unprepareds
- comparative
- more unprepared
- superlative
- most unprepared