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
For Hinton and others, this is less a hypothetical scenario than an approaching reality for which societies remain unprepared.
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Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The United States, meanwhile, is unprepared, according to a recent report by the Center for a New American Security.
—Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Nearly half of graduates also reported feeling unprepared for the job market, based on the survey of 865 full-time hiring managers, 698 post-secondary instructors and 971 recent graduates.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Mistakenly identified as Earth’s ambassador to the rest of the universe, and completely unprepared for that kind of pressure, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, survive a series of formidable trials, and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
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Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The United States, meanwhile, is unprepared, according to a recent report by the Center for a New American Security.
—Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Nearly half of graduates also reported feeling unprepared for the job market, based on the survey of 865 full-time hiring managers, 698 post-secondary instructors and 971 recent graduates.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Mistakenly identified as Earth’s ambassador to the rest of the universe, and completely unprepared for that kind of pressure, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, survive a series of formidable trials, and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprepared
Adjective
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All students must complete an impromptu essay, which involves reading a short text and responding to a question about it within a two-hour time limit.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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In public, Mark Kerr speaks amiably about his trainer turned rival and even takes him along for a rowdy impromptu meet-and-greet, but the lack of friction comes off less as a sign of his unflappability than of Safdie’s indifference to probing a friendship beyond buddy-comedy depth.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Two months later, the group launched more than two dozen attacks across northeastern Syria, relying on a combination of guerrilla tactics, including small arms fire, ambushes, assassinations, and improvised explosive devices targeting military checkpoints and government vehicles.—
Caroline Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
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The researchers believe this error was not from its knowledge base but was an improvised guess based on their prior conversation about the square’s diagonal.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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The film, shot in the sort of seemingly improvisational, realistic style championed by John Cassavetes, may be too raw for mainstream consumption, but deservingly snagged the festival’s award for Best First Feature.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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By comparison, campaign two felt more scattered and improvisational (befitting a D&D game).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Unprepared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprepared. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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