unprovided

English

Etymology

un- +‎ provided

Adjective

unprovided (comparative more unprovided, superlative most unprovided)

1. Not provided; not supplied or equipped; unprepared.
   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, Maye, lines 113-116,^{[1], [2]}

     The shepheards God so wel them guided,

     That of nought they were unprovided,

     Butter enough, honye, milke, and whay,

     And their flockes fleeces, them to araye.

   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act III, Scene 2,^[3]

     Why, sir, you know this is your wedding-day.

     First were we sad, fearing you would not come;

     Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.

     Fie, doff this habit, shame to your estate,

     An eye-sore to our solemn festival!

   • 1697, Aphra Behn, The Adventure of the Black Lady,^[4]

     Mean while, if you are unprovided of a Lodging, I dare undertake, you shall be welcome to this Gentlewoman.

   • 1818, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Chapter 23,^[5]

     Miss Tilney, understanding in part her friend’s curiosity to see the house, soon revived the subject; and her father being, contrary to Catherine’s expectations, unprovided with any pretence for further delay […] was at last ready to escort them.

   • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 1,^[6]

     Perhaps it is an oversight on Mr Macgregor’s part that he has left these young infants quite unprovided for, and that some of their mothers are in danger of starvation […]