unprepared

ADJECTIVE

not ready

Synonyms

STRONGEST

unaware vulnerable

WEAK

ad-lib caught off guard ill-considered impromptu improvised napping not prepared off the cuff off the top of one's head offhand played by ear spontaneous surprised taken off guard unexpected unplanned unready unrehearsed unschooled unskilled untrained winged

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But when hill walker Simon Lucas shared a photograph of the tradition on social media, he was unprepared for the ferocity of the response.

From BBC

At Copan, Mr. Stuart relates, Stephens was unprepared for “a lost city built by a people completely unknown to history.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Plus, why Gen Z is unprepared for the workplace and the corporate jargon that WSJ readers hate most.

From The Wall Street Journal

In “Tojo,” Mr. Mauch shows how one man’s discipline and ideological rigidity helped steer a nation into a war it was unprepared to fight.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gen Z employees are unprepared for the workplace.

From The Wall Street Journal

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