Synonyms for unready
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
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.
Example sentences
- immature He was so immature, he couldn't resist the temptation.
- unripe Yanni ate an unripe fig and it burned his lips.
- unprepared Tom told Mary that he thought John was unprepared.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unready | steady | |
| immature | falling | |
| unripe | steady | |
| unprepared | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- cold1, slow1
- 6 letters
- unripe
- 8 letters
- immature3
- 9 letters
- unreadied
- 10 letters
- unprepared3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (immature3 = 3 syllables).