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# unprepared

«unprepared» in Mova's school dictionary: **not ready for something, because you did not get ready or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unprepared)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unprepared means not ready for something, because you did not get ready or did not expect it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/#m1)

2) Unprepared can also describe things that have not been made ready, like unprepared food or ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school: unprepared for a test, without PE kit or pencil. In safety: being unprepared for bad weather or an emergency; first aid kits and fire drills help people be prepared. In stories, an unprepared character faces trouble. Phrase: «caught unprepared».

### examples

- I was unprepared for the surprise spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/#x1)
- The hikers were unprepared for the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/#x2)
- Don't come to PE unprepared – bring your kit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/#x3)
- The town was unprepared for the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/#x4)
- The teacher was not unprepared – she had a spare pencil for everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/#x5)
- He walked onto the stage unprepared and forgot his lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/#x6)
- The capital was utterly unprepared to stand a siege, and seeing that resistance was useless, at once opened its gates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/#x7)

### note

Opposite: «prepared» or «ready». Often with «for»: «unprepared for the test». Scouts' motto «Be prepared» is the opposite idea.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unprepared» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unprepared/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.