as in impromptu
made or done without previous thought or preparation
an obviously unprepared acceptance speech by the surprise winner
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And without keeping up with the virus's journey in wild animals, experts worry, humans will be caught unprepared and ill-equipped to tackle bird flu.
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
Some observers suggested parallels to the 1940s, when Palestinian infighting left them unprepared for the 1947 U.N. partition of Palestine and the subsequent war.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2025
The troops deployed there were unprepared and ill-equipped, sent to pursue objectives that could be bafflingly opaque.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Perhaps the most unsettling feature of a less vaccinated future, though, is how unprepared the U.S. is to confront a resurgence of pathogens.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
Some observers suggested parallels to the 1940s, when Palestinian infighting left them unprepared for the 1947 U.N. partition of Palestine and the subsequent war.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2025
The troops deployed there were unprepared and ill-equipped, sent to pursue objectives that could be bafflingly opaque.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Perhaps the most unsettling feature of a less vaccinated future, though, is how unprepared the U.S. is to confront a resurgence of pathogens.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Unprepared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprepared. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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