unready

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: un=read=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

unready, a. 

•  Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

  "Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast."  [1913 Webster]
•  Not dressed; undressed.  [1913 Webster]

unready, v. t. [1st pref. un- + ready.].

 To undress.  Sir P. Sidney.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unready, adj.
1 not ready.
2 not prompt in action.

Derivative

unreadily adv. unreadiness n.

unready, adj. archaic lacking good advice; rash (Ethelred the Unready).

Etymology

UN-(1) + REDE, assim. to UNREADY(1)

THESAURUS

unready

ad-lib, airy, arrested, asleep, back, backward, behindhand, belated, blocked, careless, casual, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, cursory, degage, delayed, delayed-action, detained, disregardant, disregardful, easygoing, extemporaneous, extemporized, flippant, forgetful, free and easy, goofing off, haphazard, hasty, heedless, held up, hung up, ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-timed, impromptu, improper, improvised, in a bind, in abeyance, inappropriate, inauspicious, incautious, inconsiderate, inconvenient, indifferent, inexpectant, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, insouciant, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, jammed, late, latish, lazy, makeshift, mal a propos, malapropos, mistimed, moratory, napping, never on time, nodding, nonexpectant, oblivious, obstructed, off base, off-guard, offhand, out of line, out of phase, out of time, overdue, perfunctory, precipitate, premature, reckless, regardless, respectless, retarded, rough-and-ready, sleeping, slow, snap, stopped, surprised, tactless, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares, tardy, thoughtless, too late, too soon, tripped up, unadmonished, unadvised, unalert, unanticipating, unanticipative, unarranged, unaware, unbefitting, unbegun, uncautious, unconcocted, uncontrived, undeliberated, undevised, undiplomatic, unexpecting, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unforewarned, unfortunate, unguarded, unguessing, unhandy, unhappy, unhatched, unheedful, unheeding, uninformed, unlucky, unmade, unmanufactured, unmindful, unorganized, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unpropitious, unpunctual, unripe, unseasonable, unsolicitous, unstudied, unsuitable, unsuspecting, untactful, unthinking, untimely, untoward, unvigilant, unwarned, unwary, unwatchful, wrong

ROGET THESAURUS

unready

Nonpreparation

N nonpreparation, non-preparation, absence of preparation, want of preparation, inculture, inconcoction, improvidence, immaturity, crudity, rawness, abortion, disqualification, nature, state of nature, virgin soil, unweeded garden, neglect, rough copy, germ, raw material, improvisation, unprepared (prepare), without preparation, incomplete, rudimental, embryonic, abortive, immature, unripe, kachcha, raw, green, crude, coarse, rough cast, rough hewn, in the rough, unhewn, unformed, unfashioned, unwrought, unlabored, unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted, unpolished, unhatched, unfledged, unnurtured, unlicked, untaught, uneducated, uncultivated, untrained, untutored, undrilled, unexercised, deckle- edged, precocious, premature, undigested, indigested, unmellowed, unseasoned, unleavened, unrehearsed, unscripted, extemporaneous, improvised, spontaneous, ad lib, ad libitem, fallow, unsown, untilled, natural, in a state of nature, undressed, in dishabille, en deshabille, unqualified, disqualified, unfitted, ill-digested, unbegun, unready, unarranged, unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped, untrimmed, out of gear, out of order, dismantled, shiftless, improvident, unthrifty, thriftless, thoughtless, unguarded, happy-go- lucky, caught napping, unpremeditated, extempore.