unready

Speech parts

1. unready - Adjective

2. unready - Verb

Meaning

Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.

Not dressed; undressed.

To undress.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

callow loth slow cold experimental reluctant beta surprised backward unwilling improvised inert indifferent immature unfit
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Antonyms

ready set game active prepared concerned
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Phrases with the word

be unready

Anagrams

Reynaud unrayed

Examples

she cursed her unready tongue Source: Internet

Athelred and the return of the Scandinavians (978–1016) The reign of King Æthelred the Unready witnessed the resumption of Viking raids on England, putting the country and its leadership under strains as severe as they were long sustained. Source: Internet

On the 20th, she sent a radio message: "Sehrohr unklar" (periscope unready for action), and was never heard from again. Source: Internet

His nickname of the 'Unræd' or 'Unready' means ill-advised, indicating that contemporaries regarded those who sat in the witan as in part responsible for the failure of his reign. Source: Internet

In 1009 Wulfnoth was accused of unknown crimes at a muster of Æthelred the Unready 's fleet and fled with twenty ships; the ships sent to pursue him were destroyed in a storm. Source: Internet

Chronicles of the Reign of Æthelred the Unready: An Edition and Translation of the Old English and Latin Annals. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unreadied unreadily unreadiness unreal unreal hope unreal life