not prepared
Example Sentences
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Yet it was also one he was not prepared for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Lillelien, who was a hugely popular figure, died six years later aged 60, but has been immortalised by those words, which he always insisted were spontaneous, not prepared.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
A volunteer named Jesus who did not want to give his last name stated the obvious: "the government was not prepared for a disaster like this."
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Expats and tourists from some of the hottest, muggiest U.S. states are bewildered: How has a lifetime of sweltering heat not prepared them for this?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Levy’s Lodge had not prepared him for interiors like the one he had just seen on Constantinople Street—and for this one.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
