UNREADY

unready

(adjective) not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond; “she cursed her unready tongue”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unready (comparative more unready, superlative most unready)

Not ready.

Synonyms: immature, unprepared, unripe

Anagrams

• Reynaud

Source: Wiktionary


Un*read"y, a.

1. Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy. Dryden. Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast. Keble.

2. Not dressed; undressed. [Obs.]

Un*read"y, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + ready.]

Definition: To undress. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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