Synonyms for unready
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : uhn-red-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈrɛd i |
Top 10 synonyms for unready Other synonyms for the word unready
- aback
- abruptly
- accidentally
- ad-lib
- against
- against the grain
- asleep
- asleep at the switch
- asleep on the job
- backward
- begrudging
- by accident
- by mistake
- by surprise
- carelessly
- caught off guard
- comatose
- contrary
- dallying
- daydreaming
- demurring
- derelict
- dilatory
- disinclined
- disobliging
- drowsy
- dubious
- experimental
- flagging
- flaky
- flat-footed
- grudging
- hesitating
- idle
- ignorantly
- ill-considered
- impromptu
- improvised
- inadvertently
- indisposed
- indocile
- indolent
- inert
- involuntary
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- languid
- languorous
- lethargic
- lifeless
- loafing
- loath
- malcontent
- mistakenly
- mostly working
- napping
- neglectful
- negligent
- new
- not on the job
- not prepared
- off guard
- off the cuff
- off the top of one's head
- offhand
- opposed
- out of it
- passive
- played by ear
- pre-release
- procrastinating
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- reluctant
- remiss
- resistant
- shiftless
- short
- shrinking
- shy
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- slow-moving
- snoozy
- somnolent
- spaced out
- spontaneous
- sudden
- supine
- surprised
- surprisingly
- suspect
- taken off guard
- tardy
- testing
- tired
- torpid
- trifling
- unaccommodating
- unalert
- unaware
- uncheerful
- unconcerned
- unconsciously
- uncooperative
- uneager
- unenergetic
- unenthusiastic
- unexpected
- unexpectedly
- unguarded
- uninclined
- unindustrious
- unintentionally
- unknowingly
- unobliging
- unpersevering
- unplanned
- unprepared
- unready
- unrehearsed
- unschooled
- unskilled
- unsuspecting
- untrained
- unvigilant
- unwatchful
- unwishful
- unwittingly
- vulnerable
- wayward
- weary
- winged
- zoned out
Définition of unready
Origin :- mid-14c., "not prepared," from un- (1) "not" + ready. In English history, applied to Anglo-Saxon King Æðelræd II (968-1016), where it preserves the fuller original sense of Old English ungeræd "ill-advised, rede-less, no-counsel" and plays on the king's name (which means "good-counsel"). The epithet is attested from early 13c. Old English ræda "advise, counsel" is related to read (v.). Rede "counsel" survived in poetic usage to 17c. An attempted revival by Scott (19c.) failed, though it is used in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings."
- As in lazy : adj inactive, sluggish
- As in off-guard : adj unprepared
- As in unprepared : adj not ready
- As in unwilling : adj not in the mood
- As in beta : adj being tested
- As in unawares : adv without warning; suddenly
- As in off-guard : adv when not paying attention
- Better let them think him unready; then perhaps they would let him get the lead.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- He is as unready in the thought needed for these as he is in the use of his senses.
- Extract from : « The Children » by Alice Meynell
- It was unready for war, but war was the only solvent of intolerable troubles.
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
- “I reckon they should be unready to confess the same,” saith she.
- Extract from : « Joyce Morrell's Harvest » by Emily Sarah Holt
- Probably he found her coy, unready to acknowledge his demands on her attention.
- Extract from : « Robert Falconer » by George MacDonald
- It was said that America was unready, and so it was—in a way.
- Extract from : « With the Doughboy in France » by Edward Hungerford
- She is so unready; poor thing—unless her sufferings will stand instead.
- Extract from : « Missy » by Miriam Coles Harris
- Quick as a flash, and all unready, he was submerged in the water beneath.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Billy Topsail » by Norman Duncan
- He had said it before he remembered how unready he must perforce be with details.
- Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
- We have a writ from thelred the Unready, and a remarkable writ it is.
- Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland
Antonyms for unready
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