Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ill-prepared

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: il-l-pre-pared
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not well prepared. Not ready, or not in condition to do a task.

Example Sentences

"He was ill-prepared for the exam. I'm not surprised he failed."
"The colonists, many of them gentlemen ill-prepared to be settlers, achieved failure at almost everything they tried."

Etymology

From ill + prepared.

Inflected Forms

more ill-prepared (comparative) most ill-prepared (superlative)

Questions

What does ill-prepared mean?: Not well prepared. Not ready, or not in condition to do a task.
Where does ill-prepared come from?: From ill + prepared.

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