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Meanings of unprepared in English

Without preparation; not prepared for.

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        Usage of unprepared in English
        1
        The troops were unprepared, in every sense, for the conditions they faced.
        The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
        2
        In so many cases, learners enter the stage of puberty highly unprepared.
        The South African
        3
        The kingdom's armed forces have often appeared unprepared and prone to mistakes.
        Reuters
        4
        In the inert state of the religious houses, the soil was unprepared.
        Anglo-Saxon Literature
        5
        Surely they did not let their king come to see this unprepared.
        Daughters of the Nile
        6
        He was unprepared for anything of the kind; his emotions resented it.
        Demos
        7
        She called five minutes before she arrived, and I was totally unprepared.
        The girl with the dragon tattoo
        8
        He had never expected to meet her this way, unprepared and exposed.
        The stand
        9
        She was unprepared for what came next: a fight for her daughter.
        Ebony
        10
        She had been unprepared for the change in his appearance and ways.
        Westways: A Village Chronicle
        11
        Neither guard was expecting the attack and he caught them completely unprepared.
        Ascension
        12
        She was totally unprepared for the way in which Stuart met her.
        The Root of Evil
        13
        I was unprepared for the scene, which I contemplated in silent astonishment.
        Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West / The Experience of an Early S...
        14
        Better to go in upon him unprepared, and plunge into the subject.
        A Dark Night's Work
        15
        There were a lot of things I was unprepared for, she said.
        The Irish Times
        16
        But you take me by surprise; I was so unprepared for this.
        Lucretia — Volume 02
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