unready
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
unready
adj 1: not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to
understand or respond; "she cursed her unready tongue"
[ant: {ready}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
154 Moby Thesaurus words for "unready":
ad-lib, airy, arrested, asleep, back, backward, behindhand,
belated, blocked, careless, casual, caught napping,
caught off balance, caught short, cursory, degage, delayed,
delayed-action, detained, disregardant, disregardful, easygoing,
extemporaneous, extemporized, flippant, forgetful, free and easy,
goofing off, haphazard, hasty, heedless, held up, hung up,
ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-timed, impromptu, improper,
improvised, in a bind, in abeyance, inappropriate, inauspicious,
incautious, inconsiderate, inconvenient, indifferent, inexpectant,
inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, insouciant, intempestive,
intrusive, irrelevant, jammed, late, latish, lazy, makeshift,
mal a propos, malapropos, mistimed, moratory, napping,
never on time, nodding, nonexpectant, oblivious, obstructed,
off base, off-guard, offhand, out of line, out of phase,
out of time, overdue, perfunctory, precipitate, premature,
reckless, regardless, respectless, retarded, rough-and-ready,
sleeping, slow, snap, stopped, surprised, tactless, taken aback,
taken by surprise, taken unawares, tardy, thoughtless, too late,
too soon, tripped up, unadmonished, unadvised, unalert,
unanticipating, unanticipative, unarranged, unaware, unbefitting,
unbegun, uncautious, unconcocted, uncontrived, undeliberated,
undevised, undiplomatic, unexpecting, unfavorable, unfit,
unfitting, unforewarned, unfortunate, unguarded, unguessing,
unhandy, unhappy, unhatched, unheedful, unheeding, uninformed,
unlucky, unmade, unmanufactured, unmindful, unorganized, unplanned,
unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unpropitious, unpunctual,
unripe, unseasonable, unsolicitous, unstudied, unsuitable,
unsuspecting, untactful, unthinking, untimely, untoward,
unvigilant, unwarned, unwary, unwatchful, wrong
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