Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not ready or prepared.
  • adjective Slow to see or respond; not prompt.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To undress.
  • Not ready; not prepared; not fit.
  • Not prompt; not quick.
  • Awkward; ungainly.
  • Not dressed; undressed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To undress.
  • adjective Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.
  • adjective obsolete Not dressed; undressed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not ready.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond

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Examples

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  • Originally I thought that Ethel the Unready could pass on his nickname to George W. (The Saxon definition of "unready" includes "poorly counseled.")

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  • That is why when units return from combat, the Pentagon officially classifies them as "unready" until they have rested and been retrained in standard procedures.

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  • Not ready; not prepared; not fit.

    Not prompt; not quick.

    Awkward; ungainly.

    Not dressed; undressed.

    To undress.

    --Century Dictionary

    October 23, 2012