ill-prepared
adjective/ˌɪl prɪˈpeəd/
/ˌɪl prɪˈperd/
- ill-prepared (for something) not ready, especially because you were not expecting something to happen
- The team was ill-prepared for a disaster on that scale.
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- badly planned or organized
- an ill-prepared speech
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