unready.
Not ready.
Meaning & usage
Not ready. Not yet mature; not yet ripe.
As for our apple supply, this year's crop is unready, and last year's stored crop is now exhausted, so we're temporarily embarrassed, I'm afraid.
Not ready. Not yet prepared.
The junior varsity team is unready for a serious competition; a lot of training remains to be done.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English unredy, equivalent to un- + ready. Compare Dutch ongereed and onbereid, German unbereit, Swedish oberedd.
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