UNPREPARED


Meaning of UNPREPARED in English

1.

If you are ~ for something, you are not ready for it, and you are therefore surprised or at a disadvantage when it happens.

I was totally ~ for the announcement on the next day...

Faculty members complain that their students are ~ to do college-level work...

We were caught completely ~.

? prepared

ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ for n

2.

If you are ~ to do something, you are not willing to do it.

He was ~ to co-operate, or indeed to communicate.

? prepared

ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf

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