as in impromptu
made or done without previous thought or preparation
an obviously unprepared acceptance speech by the surprise winner
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Recent Examples of unprepared
And most corporate communications and brand teams remain dangerously unprepared.
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James Richardson, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
Senate Bill 2019 would allow private school teachers without a college degree to obtain a temporary public school teaching waiver, a move one national teacher quality organization said could lead to unprepared teachers.
—Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 25 Feb. 2026
Yet these women rarely went unprepared.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Republican lawmakers noted that Indianapolis police were unprepared for the scale of protests that swept through downtown in 2020, damaging businesses and leading to outbursts of violence, and could have benefited from backup.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 23 Feb. 2026
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James Richardson, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
Senate Bill 2019 would allow private school teachers without a college degree to obtain a temporary public school teaching waiver, a move one national teacher quality organization said could lead to unprepared teachers.
—Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 25 Feb. 2026
Yet these women rarely went unprepared.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Republican lawmakers noted that Indianapolis police were unprepared for the scale of protests that swept through downtown in 2020, damaging businesses and leading to outbursts of violence, and could have benefited from backup.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 23 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unprepared
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprepared
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Belfer, a single father to 5-year-old Henri and a goldendoodle named Grover, also messages the group to arrange impromptu playdates for his son.—
Sara Lieberman,
Curbed,
4 Mar. 2026
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With her Electrical Box Theatre, situated across from the historic American Hotel and sausage restaurant and bar Wurstküche, Mero set out to create an impromptu performance space for the sort of experimental artists who no longer have an outlet in downtown’s galleries or more refined stages.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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That reaction — genuine, visceral enjoyment from someone who evaluates food professionally — is about as strong an endorsement as an improvised pita sandwich can get.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
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And four years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a look at the many obstacles to peace and how Ukraine has pioneered a scrappy, improvised way of fighting, built around inexpensive drones.—
February 26,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2026
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Trump, as personalist and improvisational as Mohammed bin Salman, has no interest in resolving that identity crisis.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Smith’s extensive rehab involving a string of self-defense, zen and other disability workshops, however, morphed into classes studying improvisational wheelchair movement.—
Mercury News,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Unprepared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprepared. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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