as in impromptu
made or done without previous thought or preparation
an obviously unprepared acceptance speech by the surprise winner
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But what the win over Illinois did tell us is that any apprehension over a lackluster ACC schedule leaving the young Blue Devils unprepared for the rigors of March was almost certainly overblown.
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Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Photograph: SoulCycle; Lululemon; Nike; Getty Images Spin class is not for the faint of heart—or the unprepared.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to shrink the federal government, launched as the deadly Palisades and Eaton fires burned across Los Angeles, have left the country’s wildland firefighting force unprepared for the rapidly approaching wildfire season.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 14 Feb. 2025
With its eye on Hezbollah, Iran’s heavily armed Shiite ally in Lebanon, Israel was wholly unprepared for the devastating ground assault launched from Gaza by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that was also backed by the Islamic Republic.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Photograph: SoulCycle; Lululemon; Nike; Getty Images Spin class is not for the faint of heart—or the unprepared.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to shrink the federal government, launched as the deadly Palisades and Eaton fires burned across Los Angeles, have left the country’s wildland firefighting force unprepared for the rapidly approaching wildfire season.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 14 Feb. 2025
With its eye on Hezbollah, Iran’s heavily armed Shiite ally in Lebanon, Israel was wholly unprepared for the devastating ground assault launched from Gaza by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that was also backed by the Islamic Republic.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Unprepared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprepared. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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