underprepared

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for underprepared
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Adjective
  • The car’s unveiling in Monaco, on the eve of the Monaco Grand Prix, caught media and industry unprepared.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 June 2026
  • This Knicks playoff run has revealed how unprepared the city is for its growing fandom.
    Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • Andrews has gone viral multiple times for demystifying how ballroom dancers get ready, and, more specifically, unready.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • 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 7 Jun. 2026.

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