"unready" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unready [comparative], most unready [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unredy, equivalent to un- + ready. Compare Dutch ongereed and onbereid, German unbereit, Swedish oberedd. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unredy}} Middle English unredy, {{pre|en|un|ready}} un- + ready, {{cog|nl|ongereed}} Dutch ongereed, {{m|nl|onbereid}} onbereid, {{cog|de|unbereit}} German unbereit, {{cog|sv|oberedd}} Swedish oberedd Head templates: {{en-adj}} unready (comparative more unready, superlative most unready)
  1. Not ready. Synonyms: immature, unprepared, unripe Derived forms: unreadily, unreadiness Translations (not ready): ἀπρόθυμος (apróthumos) (Ancient Greek), անպատրաստ (anpatrast) (Armenian), неподготвен (nepodgotven) (Bulgarian), neamhullamh (Irish), anullamh (Irish), imparātus (Latin)
    Sense id: en-unready-en-adj-XXtOXXK3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Dutch ongereed",
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