Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unready

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: un-ready
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not ready.

adj

Not ready.

Example Sentences

"As for our apple supply, this year's crop is unready, and last year's stored crop is now exhausted, so we're temporarily embarrassed, I'm afraid."
"The junior varsity team is unready for a serious competition; a lot of training remains to be done."

Etymology

From Middle English unredy, equivalent to un- + ready. Compare Dutch ongereed and onbereid, German unbereit, Swedish oberedd.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: unredy

Inflected Forms

more unready (comparative) most unready (superlative)

Derived Forms

unreadily unreadiness

Synonyms

immature unripe unprepared

Questions

What does unready mean?: Not ready.
Where does unready come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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