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Recent Examples of underprepared
Climate blind spots increasingly signal governance gaps rather than uncertainty and companies that fail to integrate climate risk into strategy, capital planning and disclosure are underprepared and mispricing risk.
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Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
This was closely followed by concerns about supporting underprepared and underperforming students and poverty’s effect on student learning.
—Robert Mitchell, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
Afterall, if new grads are underprepared to enter the workforce, that’s not their fault– that is a systemic issue.
—Allison Danielsen, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
But when its characters butt up against real historical conflicts and resonant social issues, the series can seem a little underprepared to take them on.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
This was closely followed by concerns about supporting underprepared and underperforming students and poverty’s effect on student learning.
—Robert Mitchell, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
Afterall, if new grads are underprepared to enter the workforce, that’s not their fault– that is a systemic issue.
—Allison Danielsen, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
But when its characters butt up against real historical conflicts and resonant social issues, the series can seem a little underprepared to take them on.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underprepared
Adjective
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Among those ages 61 to 79, 16% are equally unprepared.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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In one particularly heated exchange, South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace accused Walz of being unprepared for the hearing.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Using an unhealthy or unready starter can lead to a weak rise, a dense crumb, a flat loaf, or off flavors.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
22 Feb. 2026
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The Angels acquired him with apparent intent to play him regularly, and there’s limited competition from flawed or unready internal options (Nelson Rada, Bryce Teodosio, Matthew Lugo).—
Derek VanRiper,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Underprepared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underprepared. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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