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Recent Examples of underprepared
Meanwhile, the European settlers, underprepared for actual conditions in the region, suffered great privations, and only 1,500 remained by 1832.
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Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
During most rescues, SAR teams hike into the backcountry to help tired, cold, and underprepared people who planned to be back home by dinnertime.
—Jayme Moye, Outside, 5 Mar. 2026
For Season 38, Devens was underprepared in a way that accidentally worked.
—Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The focus of a recent faculty report seems to be more on measuring just how underprepared students are rather than examining what the campus can do to serve them.
—Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
During most rescues, SAR teams hike into the backcountry to help tired, cold, and underprepared people who planned to be back home by dinnertime.
—Jayme Moye, Outside, 5 Mar. 2026
For Season 38, Devens was underprepared in a way that accidentally worked.
—Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The focus of a recent faculty report seems to be more on measuring just how underprepared students are rather than examining what the campus can do to serve them.
—Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underprepared
Adjective
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In December, Chelsea’s players looked inexplicably unprepared for the intensity of this long-time rivalry and were caught out via defensive errors.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the years that followed, Koh worked as a food delivery rider, a parcel courier, a bar worker and a livestreamer selling mobile accessories – experiences that fed directly into the third film’s portrait of a young man thrown unprepared into adult life.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Andrews has gone viral multiple times for demystifying how ballroom dancers get ready, and, more specifically, unready.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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If Orion is deemed unready for the TLI burn, Artemis 2 will get no farther than Earth orbit.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Underprepared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underprepared. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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