unprepared

CEFRB1

/ˌʌnpriˈpɛrd/

adjective

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01
adjective
Not ready for something that is going to happen.
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adjective
Extra detail
A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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The castle was unprepared for the assault.
I'm unprepared for this.
I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.

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I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.
1985, Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's no harm undone, page 113
“It'll be all right,” I assured her. “Make a rule for yourself not to speak to anyone, and nobody's going to guess you can see. It was only being quite unprepared that landed you in that mess before. ‘In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king’.”
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954
"He's got another rule: Whenever he gets three unprepareds in a row, he leaves the classroom."
1983, Ronald B. Lansing, Skylarks and lecterns: a law school charter, page 116

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From un- + prepared.