unready
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Adjective (1)
- not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond“she cursed her unready tongue”Opposite readySimilar napping, flat-footed, unripeRelates to readiness, preparednessSee also unprepared
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Un·read′y adjective
1. Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy. John Dryden
Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast.— John Keble
2. Not dressed; undressed. obsolete
Un·read′y transitive verb
Origin: 1st pref. un- + ready.
To undress. obsolete Sir Philip Sidney
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54