unready

as inlazy
as inoff-guard
as inunprepared
as inunwilling
as inbeta
as inunawares
as inoff-guard

Synonyms for unready

adj inactive, sluggish

Antonyms for unready

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "not prepared," from un- (1) "not" + ready. In English history, applied to Anglo-Saxon King Æðelræd II (968-1016), where it preserves the fuller original sense of Old English ungeræd "ill-advised, rede-less, no-counsel" and plays on the king's name (which means "good-counsel"). The epithet is attested from early 13c. Old English ræda "advise, counsel" is related to read (v.). Rede "counsel" survived in poetic usage to 17c. An attempted revival by Scott (19c.) failed, though it is used in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings."

Example Sentences for unready

Better let them think him unready; then perhaps they would let him get the lead.

He is as unready in the thought needed for these as he is in the use of his senses.

It was unready for war, but war was the only solvent of intolerable troubles.

“I reckon they should be unready to confess the same,” saith she.

Probably he found her coy, unready to acknowledge his demands on her attention.

It was said that America was unready, and so it was—in a way.

She is so unready; poor thing—unless her sufferings will stand instead.

Quick as a flash, and all unready, he was submerged in the water beneath.

He had said it before he remembered how unready he must perforce be with details.

We have a writ from thelred the Unready, and a remarkable writ it is.

unready

Synonyms for unready

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More words related to unready

beta

lazier

lazy

off-guard

off-guard

unawares