Used in a Sentence

unprepared

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for unprepared.

Editorial note

Part of the problem is that it gets very hard to distinguish between woefully unprepared entrepreneurs and outright scams.

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Parts of speech2

Quick take

A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of unprepared gathered in one view.

noun

A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.

adjective

Not prepared; caught by surprise.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unprepared.

Example sentences

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Part of the problem is that it gets very hard to distinguish between woefully unprepared entrepreneurs and outright scams.

2

Strassman reported being initially quite baffled by and unprepared for the frequency of these entity experiences among his volunteers...

3

Although they've been a little unprepared and may be a little naive about how dirty their opposition may be.

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Hopefully those unprepared drivers are sufficiently conscious, alert, and otherwise not distracted to react in time to prevent a crash.

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Bad meetings are caused by people being unprepared and not knowing what they want to get out of the meeting.

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For example, people are much looser with the way they structure sentences and organize thoughts when speaking in an unprepared manner.

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Nice thing about that is that you can exempt essential things like unprepared food.

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Let's not be as unprepared for and passive towards this issue as we were towards climate change.

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If something on this catastrophic level happens, you're going to be unprepared.

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If you are unprepared for a meeting, who's fault is that?

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Another example is the 'hug of death' small (unprepared) web sites suffer when exposed to legit traffic due to being mentioned in HN, Reddit, etc.

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We do need to address the ways in which government supports lenders' predatory behaviors, while educational institutions at all levels push unprepared barely-adults into the trap.

Quote examples

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It's difficult beforehand, when you think "Well, they're unprepared, but there's a 1% chance it might work anyway." or "They know they can't do it and they'll run with the money." Even after the case, when they've failed and you know how they've failed, you can't always tell which is was.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use unprepared in a sentence?

Part of the problem is that it gets very hard to distinguish between woefully unprepared entrepreneurs and outright scams.

What does unprepared mean?

A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.

What part of speech is unprepared?

unprepared is commonly used as noun, adjective.