underprepared

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Recent Examples of underprepared Current and former Israeli military officials have also acknowledged that Israel was underprepared for the drone threat. Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 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 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 This tragedy should force us to confront how underprepared many families are to guide their children through the modern digital landscape. Muhammad Aquil, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for underprepared
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Adjective
  • The population may be unprepared, but the authorities have done little to help them.
    Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026
  • During Covid, private health care providers — hospitals and clinics — proved unprepared to manage the deluge of new patients.
    David Blumenthal, STAT, 20 July 2026
Adjective
  • Andrews has gone viral multiple times for demystifying how ballroom dancers get ready, and, more specifically, unready.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • If Orion is deemed unready for the TLI burn, Artemis 2 will get no farther than Earth orbit.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Underprepared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underprepared. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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