unprepared

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ prepared.

Adjective

unprepared (comparative more unprepared, superlative most unprepared)

1. Not prepared; caught by surprise.

   The castle was unprepared for the assault.

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

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

Translations

not prepared

• Armenian: անպատրաստ (hy) (anpatrast)
• Bulgarian: неподготвен (bg) (nepodgotven)
• Czech: nepřipravený
• Danish: uforberedt
• Dutch: onvoorbereid (nl)
• Esperanto: senprepara
• Finnish: valmistautumaton
• German: unvorbereitet (de)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌿𐍃 (unmanwus)
• Greek: απαράσκευος (el) (aparáskevos)

  Ancient: ἀπαράσκευος (aparáskeuos)

• Hungarian: felkészületlen (hu)
• Irish: neamhullamh, anullamh
• Latin: imparātus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uforberedt

• Polish: nieprzygotowany (pl)
• Russian: неподгото́вленный (ru) (nepodgotóvlennyj), негото́вый (ru) (negotóvyj)
• Slovak: nepripravený
• Ukrainian: непідгото́влений (nepidhotóvlenyj)

Noun

unprepared (plural unprepareds)

1. A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.
   • 1983, Ronald B. Lansing, Skylarks and lecterns: a law school charter, page 116:

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