unprepared
/ˌʌnpɹipˈɛɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.
verb
simple past and past participle of unprepare
Example Sentences
- "The castle was unprepared for the assault."
- "“It'll be all right,” I assured her. “Make a rule for yourself not to speak to anyone, and nobody's going to guess you can see. It was only being quite unprepared that landed you in that mess before. ‘In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king’.”"
- "I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared."
- ""He's got another rule: Whenever he gets three unprepareds in a row, he leaves the classroom.""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English prepare English -ed English prepared English unprepared From un- + prepared.