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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 When academic standards are quietly lowered to accommodate underprepared students, the harm spreads to all graduates.—Andrea Mays, Oc Register, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for underprepared