Synonyms of underprepared

underprepared

adjective

as in unprepared

Related Words

• unprepared
• unready
• flat-footed
• half-baked
• half-cocked
• untrained
• unqualified

Dissimilar Words

• prepared
• ready
• go
• fit
• conditioned
• set
• ripe
• armed
• primed
• fortified
• braced
• steeled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of underprepared

The current State’s Attorney’s Office is undertrained and underprepared. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026

Tensions peaked over what many Venezuelans viewed as an inadequate response by the government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the scope of the tragedy. — Regina Cano Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions peaked over inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy. — Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

The drawdowns have left the US underprepared for potential conflict with Russia or China; in particular, replacing stockpiles of air-defense missiles — critical to supporting Taiwan should China invade — could take six years, The Wall Street Journal reported. — Semafor Events, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026