Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
not prepared or in a state of readiness;
slow to understand or respond;
- Example: "she cursed her unready tongue"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unready \Un*read"y\, a.
1. Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.
--Dryden.
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Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast.
--Keble.
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2. Not dressed; undressed. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unready \Un*read"y\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + ready.]
To undress. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unready
adj 1: not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to
understand or respond; "she cursed her unready tongue"
[ant: ready]