unready

Example Sentences

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Soon she was seen as gaffe-prone and unready for the political primetime.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024

So, the NHL lets major junior teams keep unready returnees for another season or two of gate receipts.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Alas, the root of the issue was some light questioning from Judge Maryellen Noreika that revealed a plea deal unready for prime time.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2023

It was poorly trained, poorly led and largely unready when it was thrown into the fighting in Italy in 1944 and ’45, historians have said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2022

Besides, it had been just two years since she’d left her first marriage, and she felt unready to begin again.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers