Unprepared synonyms

ŭn'prĭ-pârd'

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surprised
Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
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taken off guard
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unready
Not prepared, as for action or use
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unwarned
Not warned
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unwary
Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience
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taken-aback
(Nautical) Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast.
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unnotified
Not having been notified.
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unadvised
Thoughtlessly hasty; indiscreet; rash
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unaware
Not noticing; paying no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
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unsuspecting
Not suspicious; trusting.
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napping
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going off half-cocked
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inexperienced (related)
Not experienced; lacking knowledge or experience; green.
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asleep
In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
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impromptu
The definition of impromptu is something done without advance thought or without a plan.
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raw
Having subcutaneous tissue exposed:
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spontaneous
Having no apparent external cause or influence; occurring or produced by its own energy, force, etc. or through internal causes; self-acting
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uncooked
Raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked
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unguarded
Displaying, having, or feeling no wariness; incautious:
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unrehearsed
Not rehearsed.
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prepared (antonym)
(Music) Altered for a performance in some way, as with an object placed on one of the strings, in order to modify the timbre
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ill-prepared (related)
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ill-equip (related)
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unprepared for (related)
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in-the-dark
Used other than as an idiom: Located in darkness.
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unexpectant
Not expectant.
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Unprepared Sentence Examples

  • Caught unprepared, he took the full force of it on his cheek.

  • He wasn't likely to be caught unprepared in the wild country that surrounded their house.

  • Discords must not be taken unprepared, because a singer can only find his note by a mental judgment, and in attacking a discord he has to find a note of which the harmonic meaning is at variance with that of other notes sung at the same time.

  • But the army was ill-equipped and unprepared; and Potemkin in an hysterical fit of depression gave everything up for lost, and would have resigned but for the steady encouragement of the empress.

  • The course of the battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks bore some resemblance to that of Shiloh; a sharp attack found the Unionists unprepared, and only after severe losses and many partial defeats could McClellan check the rebel advance.

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