unprepared

adj.

1. Having made no preparations.
2. Not equipped to meet a contingency.
3. Impromptu: unprepared remarks.

unpreparedly un'pre·par'ed·ly (-pâr'ĭd-lē) adv.
unpreparedness un'pre·par'ed·ness (-pâr'ĭd-nĭs, -pârd'nĭs) n.

IN BRIEF: Not ready.

I try hard never to be unprepared for exams.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: without preparation; not prepared for
  Antonym: prepared (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: lacking with intellectual equipment

Meaning #3: not put in a state of preparedness

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In Western cultures, this motif often emerges in dreams in which we find ourselves taking an examination for which we are completely unprepared. For example, college students often have anxiety dreams around the end of the term that involve examinations they have not studied adequately for; this occurs regardless of whether or not the student has actually studied enough. The unpreparedness motif can also emerge in other ways, such as when we dream about standing before a crowd on a stage or at a public forum, then realize that we have forgotten what we were going to say, or discovering we were never prepared to say anything in the first place. A dream about being unprepared to take a test or give a speech might reflect anxieties about anything from how we will do on an upcoming job interview to whether we will succeed in a new marriage. The core anxiety concerns doubts about our adequacy.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uforberedt

Nederlands (Dutch)
onvoorbereid, niet klaar

Français (French)
adj. - pas préparé (qn), improvisé, au dépourvu, non préparé (une traduction)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nicht vorbereitet, unvorbereitet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανέτοιμος, απροετοίμαστος, απαρασκεύαστος, αυτοσχέδιος

Italiano (Italian)
impreparato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - despreparado

Русский (Russian)
неподготовленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - no preparado, improvisado, desprevenido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oförberedd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无准备的, 尚未准备好的, 即席的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無準備的, 尚未準備好的, 即席的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 준비 없는, 각오가 되어있지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 準備のできていない, 予告なしに発生する, 即席の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) على غير استعداد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מוכן, לא ערוך‬

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