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unprepared

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pre⋅pared

  [pri-paird]
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–adjective
1. properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
2. (of food) processed by the manufacturer or seller, by cooking, cleaning, or the like, so as to be ready to serve or use with little or no further preparation.
Origin:
1520–30; prepare + -ed 2

Related forms:
pre⋅par⋅ed⋅ly  [pri-pair-id-lee, -paird-lee] , adverb
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un·pre·pared   (ŭn'prĭ-pârd')   
adj.  

  1. Having made no preparations.

  2. Not equipped to meet a contingency.

  3. Impromptu: unprepared remarks.

un'pre·par'ed·ly (-pâr'ĭd-lē) adv., un'pre·par'ed·ness (-pâr'ĭd-nĭs, -pârd'nĭs) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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