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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
unprepared
adjective
1: without preparation; not prepared for; "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson [ant: {prepared}]
2: lacking with intellectual equipment; "unprepared to stand on his own feet"
3: not put in a state of preparedness; "the machinery was unprepared for the extra load"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
134 Moby Thesaurus words for "unprepared": a bit previous, ad-lib, advanced, airy, amateurish, asleep, careless, casual, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, cursory, degage, disregardant, disregardful, dumbfounded, easygoing, extemporaneous, extemporized, far ahead, flippant, forgetful, forward, free and easy, goofing off, half-baked, half-cocked, haphazard, hasty, heedless, ill-considered, impromptu, improvised, impulsive, incautious, incomplete, inconsiderate, indifferent, inexpectant, insouciant, lazy, makeshift, napping, nodding, nonexpectant, not firm, oblivious, off-guard, offhand, overhasty, oversoon, perfunctory, precipitate, precocious, premature, previous, reckless, regardless, respectless, rough-and-ready, rushed, semiskilled, sleeping, snap, surprised, tactless, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares, thoughtless, too early, too soon, tripped up, unaccomplished, unadmonished, unadvised, unalert, unanticipating, unanticipative, unarranged, unaware, unbegun, unbusinesslike, uncautious, uncoached, uncompleted, unconcocted, uncontrived, uncrystallized, undeliberated, undevised, undiplomatic, unendowed, unexpecting, unfinished, unforewarned, ungifted, unguarded, unguessing, unhatched, unheedful, unheeding, uninformed, uninitiated, unjelled, unmade, unmanufactured, unmatured, unmeditated, unmindful, unorganized, unplanned, unpolished, unpremeditated, unprimed, unprofessional, unready, unripe, unschooled, unskilled, unsolicitous, unstudied, unsuspecting, untactful, untalented, untaught, unthinking, untimely, untrained, untutored, unvigilant, unwarned, unwary, unwatchful
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