unready
unready · more unready · most unready
Not readyNot ready.: Not yet mature; not yet ripe.
Meaning
2 sensesNot ready.
Not yet mature; not yet ripe.
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.
Not yet prepared.
The junior varsity team is unready for a serious competition; a lot of training remains to be done.
More definitions
- not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond
Origin
From Middle English unredy, equivalent to un- + ready. Compare Dutch ongereed and onbereidFrom Middle English unredy, equivalent to un- + ready. Compare Dutch ongereed and onbereid, German unbereit, Swedish oberedd.
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Forms
more unready, most unready| Comparative | more unready Lesson |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form