unready

Example Sentences

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So, the NHL lets major junior teams keep unready returnees for another season or two of gate receipts.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Alas, the root of the issue was some light questioning from Judge Maryellen Noreika that revealed a plea deal unready for prime time.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2023

They are children, as of yet unready to meet the demands of a relationship or a war, but they embrace the latter to deny the former.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

It is an increasingly popular way to smooth the awkward high-school-to-college transition that has inflicted on unready teenagers such annoyances as scary SAT tests and slick college brochures.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2022

The Glasses’ living room was about as unready to have its walls repainted as a room can be.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger