as in impromptu
made or done without previous thought or preparation
an obviously unprepared acceptance speech by the surprise winner
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Don’t miss these holiday shipping deadlines Susan Johnson, executive vice president of wireline transformation and supply chain for AT&T, told USA TODAY that the company previously planned to ditch its copper wire network by 2020 but found the industry unprepared for the change.
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Addy Bink, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
With all northbound lanes closed, traffic backed up, but an unprepared motorist struck the back of another vehicle, sending that car into a spin.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
So many military commanders were suspended from their duties because of their roles in the martial law decree that concern spread that the South was militarily unprepared to deal with a potential North Korean aggression, although the military dismissed such ideas.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 14 Dec. 2024
Soon at war with France, Britain found its military dangerously unprepared, with just 40,000 troops scattered across three continents.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Addy Bink, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
With all northbound lanes closed, traffic backed up, but an unprepared motorist struck the back of another vehicle, sending that car into a spin.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
So many military commanders were suspended from their duties because of their roles in the martial law decree that concern spread that the South was militarily unprepared to deal with a potential North Korean aggression, although the military dismissed such ideas.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 14 Dec. 2024
Soon at war with France, Britain found its military dangerously unprepared, with just 40,000 troops scattered across three continents.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Unprepared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprepared. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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