prepared
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flat-footed, half-baked, half-cocked, underprepared, unprepared, unready
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Be prepared to invest, as this level of quality does not come cheap. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, "Three Days In Istanbul," 28 Dec. 2018 By knowing which viruses pose a threat to humans and which animals carry them, EcoHealth and similar groups will be even better prepared to predict where the next pandemic may spring up. — Mallory Locklear, Discover Magazine, "With Big Data and Predictive Analytics, Scientists Are Getting Smarter About Outbreaks," 8 Nov. 2018 Asking Zuckerberg how does Facebook make money, and not knowing their model of ads, and a sense that Congress was not really prepared to go beyond the questions that the staffers had written for some of the Senators and House members. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Silicon Valley congressman Ro Khanna explains his ‘internet bill of rights’," 6 Oct. 2018 Like the woman who helped Hilda, people fleeing their home countries in hope of seeking asylum in the U.S. as part of the migrant caravan were relatively prepared for menstruation, thanks in part to aid organizations donating supplies. — Annette Lin, Teen Vogue, "Migrant Caravan Teens Talk About What It's Like to Get Your Period," 20 Dec. 2018 But, also be prepared for a lesson about how corrupt and scam-ridden the cryptocurrency world has become. — Morgen Peck, Glamour, "Cryptocurrency Is Not Just a Boys' Club," 11 Dec. 2018 Being an hour off schedule means our bodies are not prepared for our actions at any time of the day. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Daylight saving time ends Sunday: 8 things to know about “falling back”," 2 Nov. 2018 And something engineers are not prepared for is how people can abuse the system. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Why the Craig behind Craigslist gave big bucks to a journalism program," 15 July 2018 In an after-action report released late Thursday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency exposed its failure to be prepared for what nature delivered to Puerto Rico last year. — Arelis R. Hernandez And Joel Achenbach, chicagotribune.com, "Failure of imagination hindered federal response to hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico," 14 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prepared.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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prepared
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of prepared
: made at an earlier time for later use : made ready in advance
: ready for something : in a suitable condition for some purpose or activity
: willing to do something
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