adj
Meaning 1
Not prepared; caught by surprise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The castle was unprepared for the assault.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unprepped
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unprepared
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of unprepare
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
without preparation; not prepared for- R.E.Danielson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unprepared remarks
- the shock was unprepared
- our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: prepared
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English prepare English -ed English prepared English unprepared From un- + prepared.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: անպատրաստ (anpatrast) — not prepared
- Bulgarian: неподготвен (nepodgotven) — not prepared
- Czech: nepřipravený — not prepared
- Danish: uforberedt — not prepared
- Dutch: onvoorbereid — not prepared
- Esperanto: senprepara — not prepared
- Finnish: valmistautumaton — not prepared
- German: unvorbereitet — not prepared
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌿𐍃 (unmanwus) — not prepared
- Greek: απαράσκευος (aparáskevos) — not prepared
- Ancient Greek: ἀπαράσκευος (aparáskeuos) — not prepared
- Hungarian: felkészületlen — not prepared
- Irish: neamhullamh — not prepared
- Irish: anullamh — not prepared
- Latin: imparātus — not prepared
- Norwegian Bokmål: uforberedt — not prepared
- Polish: nieprzygotowany — not prepared
- Russian: неподгото́вленный (nepodgotóvlennyj) — not prepared
- Russian: негото́вый (negotóvyj) — not prepared
- Slovak: nepripravený — not prepared
- Ukrainian: непідгото́влений (nepidhotóvlenyj) — not prepared