unreadyadj.¹n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛdi/, U.S.

/ˌənˈrɛdi/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and ready adj., adv., int., and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, ready adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + ready adj.

A. adj.¹

a. Of a person: not in a state of readiness or preparation; unprepared.

ΚΠ

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. ix. 4 Lest when Macedonyes schulen come with me, and schulen fynde ȝou vnredy [L. inparatos], we schamen, [etc.].

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1990 If a man þat unredy es, Be tane with dede in his wykednes.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 31 Lyue so þat deþe finde þe neuer unredy.

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living i. §1 He that is curious of his time, will not easily be unready and unfurnished.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. ix. 502 Fairfax was..not in readiness to march; yet reported to be much more unready than he was.

1790 A. Wilson Poems 122 And, if unready, we are caught by Death, He throws us, howling to the gulph beneath.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 268 His enemies, while still unready, learned with dismay that he had taken the field in person.

1950 R. Wilbur in J. Ciardi Mid-cent. Amer. Poets 11 The random hands, the loose unready eyes.

1963 S. Bedford Favourite of Gods i. vi. 85 When disaster came, they were unready and did nothing to divert it.

2006 A. McDermott After This 147 He was leaving home for the first time and already he saw how ill equipped he was, how unready.

b. With infinitive. Not ready, prepared, or willing to do something.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective]

ungraitha1350

undisposedc1380

unreadya1400

dispurveyed14..

unpurveyedc1410

unrayedc1425

unwarnishedc1425

unprovided?a1439

unprepared1528

unprovided for1542

improvided1548

unfurnished1549

unpreparate1575

ungirt1579

disappointed1604

imprompt1760

unaneled1760

unapt1849

flat-footed1912

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 25478 Vnworthi am i..And al vnredi for to rise On domesdai be-for iustise.

c1528 Everyman (1961) 113 Full vnredy I am suche rekenynge to gyue.

1645 J. Vicars Gods Arke 117 They fell sodainly upon part of the King of Denmarks Country, before they thought of any surprisall, and therefore were unready to make any considerable resistance.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 8 To become more narrow minded..and tenacious, unready to part with any thing when they are ready to part with all.

1766 W. Cruden Nature Spritualised 125 Death's ax will cut my cable thro' On the appointed day; Tho' quite unready to depart, I dare not bid him stay.

1840 C. G. Jenkins Miss Aylmer II. ii. 30 What has she got? a cornet of dragoons, or a young country squire; the one raw—the other rude;—and both alike unready to make the happiness of woman.

1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. ii. 13 Long experience of hostility..had made me..quick to take offence and not unready to give it.

2011 L. M. Mead Expanding Work Programs Poor Men ii. 12 The public regrets the decline of the family but is unready to stigmatize single mothers.

c. Not ready or prepared for. Also with †of, with.

ΚΠ

1548 J. Mardeley Declar. Power of Gods Worde sig. C.i^v But yet neuer was Gnato vnredy of hys flatteryng seates.

1560 Proclam. Elizabeth I 6 Jan. (single sheet) Order hath ben geuen by the Quenes Maiesties commaundement, to sundry portes of this Realme,..to commaund certayne of them not to be vnreadye for the seruyce of the Realme.

1590 R. Harvey Theol. Disc. Lamb of God Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Neuer vnready with good words and magnificent deedes.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 227 He is an vnworthy Surgeon, which is at any time vnready with such needefull instruments.

1681 Tryal William Viscount Stafford 202 L. H. Stew. Will your Lordship recapitulate the material parts of your Defence, that the Process may be closed? L. Stafford. I am very unready for it, my Lords.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews v. iii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 140 The Israelites grew so indolent, and unready of taking pains.

1843 Graham's Mag. July 53/2 Thus the study that had filled him with thought had left him unready for action.

a1866 J. Keble Lett. Spiritual Counsel & Guidance (1870) xc. 165 Very unready with any plan for meeting it.

1870 R. Williams Owen Glendower 268 O ready of tongue, and unready of hand.

1935 A. M. Davies Strange Destiny xxix. 404 The Lords were anxious to proceed further, but as the managers professed themselves unready with their reply, they were compelled to make yet another adjournment.

1966 R. C. Black Younger John Winthrop vi. 69 His own dwelling..remained unready for occupancy.

2006 P. M. Gardner Journeys to Edge 18 We were totally unready for what lurked beyond the washroom door.

a. Not made ready for use or consumption; not to hand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > not made ready

unreadya1425

unprepared1574

unprimed1622

unset1639

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 40 Þerfore make þi tresoure in God, for..þis tresoure mai not perishe, to be unredi whanne þou hast nede.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 187 It is an eivill man of warre that wil have his weapen unreadie when he should occupie it.

1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 125 When he vieweth your forces, he will thinke his owne to be yet unready.

1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. xx. 405 The money was unready when Cæsar had present need thereof.

1797 London Chron. 2 Mar. 214/3 That a fleet should be kept ready to sail in four and twenty hours, was scarcely possible for any continuance. It might become unready by the mere force of being too long ready.

1888 R. L. Stevenson in Scribner's Mag. Oct. 507 The reflectors scratched, the spare lamp unready, the storm-panes in the storehouse.

1949 J. J. Honigmann Culture & Ethos Kaska Society 271 Because of his tendency to drink unready liquor, Edward could not safely be told of the brew before its completion.

2012 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 4 June s3 Did no one in authority..recognize that the concept was unready and required, say, 20 years of rehearsal?

†b. Scottish. Of a path or route: not easy to see or follow; indistinct. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective]

arvethc885

uneathOE

arvethlichc1000

evilc1175

hardc1175

deara1225

derfa1225

illc1330

wickeda1375

uneasy1398

difficul?a1450

difficile?1473

difficulta1527

unready1535

craggy1582

spiny1604

tough1619

uphill1622

shrewda1626

spinousa1638

scabrous1646

spinose1660

rugged1663

cranka1745

tight1764

thraward1818

nasty1828

upstream1847

awkward1860

pricklyc1862

bristling1871

sticky1871

rocky1873

dodgy1898

challengeful1927

solid1943

ball-busting1944

challenging1975

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 440 Nocht ane..wist weill quhair away for till wend, The gait wes sa vnreddy and miskend.

†3. Undressed; not fully or correctly dressed. Obsolete (English regional in later use).Common in first half of 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > negligently dressed

dishevelc1381

unreadya1555

dishevelled1612

dishabille1691

browzy1719

a1555 J. Bradford Godlye Medytacyon (1559) sig. C.vii (heading) When you make your self vnredy Praye.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 40 [stage direct.] The French leape ore the walles in their shirts. Enter..Bastard, Alanson, Reignier, halfe ready, and halfe vnready. Alan. How now my Lords? what all vnreadie so?

1625 J. Mede Let. 17 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 198 The Queene,..though she were unready,..hasted down a pair of stairs to meet him.

1678 Young Man's Calling 364 She desired to go..to dress her head, which by the violence of the wind was made all unready.

1694 French Rogue (new ed.) x. 104 The Husband..throwing her into Bed, fell to making himself unready, that he might be the more ready, as he thought, to pleasure her.

1822 R. Nares Gloss. Unready, undressed. To dress being often a part of making ready, to undress was called to make unready.

1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Unready, not ready, not dressed.

†a. Not responding readily to command. Obsolete.

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the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adjective]

argha1000

slowOE

unwillyc1200

sweera1300

unfain1338

loathc1374

dangerousc1386

eschewc1386

squeamous1387

obstinate?a1439

unpresta1500

ill-willing?1520

evil-willing1525

untowards1525

untowarda1530

unwilling1533

strange1548

ill-willed1549

dainty1553

relucting1553

squeamish?1553

nicea1560

loathful1561

coyish1566

coy1576

unhearty1583

costive1594

unready1595

tarrowinga1598

undisposed1597

involuntary1598

backward1600

retrograde1602

unpregnant1604

scrupulous1608

unprone1611

refractory1614

behindhanda1616

nilling1620

backwards1627

shya1628

retractable1632

reluctant1638

loughta1641

tendera1641

unapt1640

uninclinable1640

unbeteaming1642

boggling1645

averse1646

indisposed1646

aversant1657

incomposed1660

disinclined1703

unobliging1707

unconsenting1713

uninclined1729

tenacious1766

disinclinable1769

ill-disposed1771

unaffectioned1788

scruplesomec1800

back-handed1817

sweert1817

tharf1828

backward in coming forward1830

unvoluntary1834

misinclined1837

squeamy1838

balky1847

retractive1869

grudging1874

tharfish1876

unwishful1876

safety first1917

society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > not readily responding to command

unready1595

sticky1898

1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. vi. 149 These newes grieued the Earle exceedingly, bicause he thought his army not fully paid, would be vnreadie.

1606 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) sig. M3^v Like an vnready horse, that will neither stoppe nor turne.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. 409 One of the most unwieldy, and unready footed Animals, that is to say, a Mule.

b. Not quick or prompt; hesitant, esp. in speaking. Now rare.

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1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert 1 There needs no more; For I would spare thee the unready tale.

1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xl. 418 William Kethe, a Scotch divine, no unready rhymer.

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. vii. 91 ‘Mr. Thornton, I believe!’ said Margaret, after a half-instant's pause, during which his unready words would not come.

1942 P. I. Wellman Angel with Spurs 19 He tried to think how Shelby would speak; or how Major Edwards.., would speak. His own unready tongue shackled him.

B. n.

With the and plural agreement. Those who are unready; unready people as a class. In early use chiefly in Christian contexts.

ΚΠ

1673 J. Faldo Quakerism No Christianity (new ed.) viii. Section 2, 101 For the help of the unready in the Scriptures, I shall quote a few of its testimonies to confute this Doctrine.

1677 T. Vincent True Christians Love (end matter) The Door of Heaven opened and shut; opened to the Ready and Prepared, shut against the unready and unprepared.

a1714 M. Henry Expos. Hist. Bks. New Test. (1715) Matthew xxv.1 sig. Aa2^v The Administration of Christ's Government towards the Ready and the Unready in the great Day, may be illustrated by this Similitude.

1875 J. W. De Forest Playing Mischief xiv. 51 Many wiser gentlemen picked up what they could find, and made off with it, leaving a very poor choice for the fastidious, the conscientious, and the otherwise unready.

a1922 A. C. T. Meynell Last Poems (1923) 40 We the unready, the perplexed, the cold, Must shape the Eternal in our thoughts anew.

2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) iii. 57 We walked down a corridor covered in graffiti art with the occasional installation piece lurking to trouble the unready.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unready
释义	unreadyadj.¹n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛdi/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛdi/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and ready adj., adv., int., and n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, ready adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + ready adj. A. adj.¹ 1. a. Of a person: not in a state of readiness or preparation; unprepared. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. ix. 4 Lest when Macedonyes schulen come with me, and schulen fynde ȝou vnredy [L. inparatos], we schamen, [etc.]. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1990 If a man þat unredy es, Be tane with dede in his wykednes. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 31 Lyue so þat deþe finde þe neuer unredy. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living i. §1 He that is curious of his time, will not easily be unready and unfurnished. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. ix. 502 Fairfax was..not in readiness to march; yet reported to be much more unready than he was. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 122 And, if unready, we are caught by Death, He throws us, howling to the gulph beneath. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 268 His enemies, while still unready, learned with dismay that he had taken the field in person. 1950 R. Wilbur in J. Ciardi Mid-cent. Amer. Poets 11 The random hands, the loose unready eyes. 1963 S. Bedford Favourite of Gods i. vi. 85 When disaster came, they were unready and did nothing to divert it. 2006 A. McDermott After This 147 He was leaving home for the first time and already he saw how ill equipped he was, how unready. b. With infinitive. Not ready, prepared, or willing to do something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] ungraitha1350 undisposedc1380 unreadya1400 dispurveyed14.. unpurveyedc1410 unrayedc1425 unwarnishedc1425 unprovided?a1439 unprepared1528 unprovided for1542 improvided1548 unfurnished1549 unpreparate1575 ungirt1579 disappointed1604 imprompt1760 unaneled1760 unapt1849 flat-footed1912 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 25478 Vnworthi am i..And al vnredi for to rise On domesdai be-for iustise. c1528 Everyman (1961) 113 Full vnredy I am suche rekenynge to gyue. 1645 J. Vicars Gods Arke 117 They fell sodainly upon part of the King of Denmarks Country, before they thought of any surprisall, and therefore were unready to make any considerable resistance. a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 8 To become more narrow minded..and tenacious, unready to part with any thing when they are ready to part with all. 1766 W. Cruden Nature Spritualised 125 Death's ax will cut my cable thro' On the appointed day; Tho' quite unready to depart, I dare not bid him stay. 1840 C. G. Jenkins Miss Aylmer II. ii. 30 What has she got? a cornet of dragoons, or a young country squire; the one raw—the other rude;—and both alike unready to make the happiness of woman. 1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. ii. 13 Long experience of hostility..had made me..quick to take offence and not unready to give it. 2011 L. M. Mead Expanding Work Programs Poor Men ii. 12 The public regrets the decline of the family but is unready to stigmatize single mothers. c. Not ready or prepared for. Also with †of, with. ΚΠ 1548 J. Mardeley Declar. Power of Gods Worde sig. C.i^v But yet neuer was Gnato vnredy of hys flatteryng seates. 1560 Proclam. Elizabeth I 6 Jan. (single sheet) Order hath ben geuen by the Quenes Maiesties commaundement, to sundry portes of this Realme,..to commaund certayne of them not to be vnreadye for the seruyce of the Realme. 1590 R. Harvey Theol. Disc. Lamb of God Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Neuer vnready with good words and magnificent deedes. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 227 He is an vnworthy Surgeon, which is at any time vnready with such needefull instruments. 1681 Tryal William Viscount Stafford 202 L. H. Stew. Will your Lordship recapitulate the material parts of your Defence, that the Process may be closed? L. Stafford. I am very unready for it, my Lords. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews v. iii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 140 The Israelites grew so indolent, and unready of taking pains. 1843 Graham's Mag. July 53/2 Thus the study that had filled him with thought had left him unready for action. a1866 J. Keble Lett. Spiritual Counsel & Guidance (1870) xc. 165 Very unready with any plan for meeting it. 1870 R. Williams Owen Glendower 268 O ready of tongue, and unready of hand. 1935 A. M. Davies Strange Destiny xxix. 404 The Lords were anxious to proceed further, but as the managers professed themselves unready with their reply, they were compelled to make yet another adjournment. 1966 R. C. Black Younger John Winthrop vi. 69 His own dwelling..remained unready for occupancy. 2006 P. M. Gardner Journeys to Edge 18 We were totally unready for what lurked beyond the washroom door. 2. a. Not made ready for use or consumption; not to hand. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > not made ready unreadya1425 unprepared1574 unprimed1622 unset1639 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 40 Þerfore make þi tresoure in God, for..þis tresoure mai not perishe, to be unredi whanne þou hast nede. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 187 It is an eivill man of warre that wil have his weapen unreadie when he should occupie it. 1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 125 When he vieweth your forces, he will thinke his owne to be yet unready. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. xx. 405 The money was unready when Cæsar had present need thereof. 1797 London Chron. 2 Mar. 214/3 That a fleet should be kept ready to sail in four and twenty hours, was scarcely possible for any continuance. It might become unready by the mere force of being too long ready. 1888 R. L. Stevenson in Scribner's Mag. Oct. 507 The reflectors scratched, the spare lamp unready, the storm-panes in the storehouse. 1949 J. J. Honigmann Culture & Ethos Kaska Society 271 Because of his tendency to drink unready liquor, Edward could not safely be told of the brew before its completion. 2012 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 4 June s3 Did no one in authority..recognize that the concept was unready and required, say, 20 years of rehearsal? †b. Scottish. Of a path or route: not easy to see or follow; indistinct. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] arvethc885 uneathOE arvethlichc1000 evilc1175 hardc1175 deara1225 derfa1225 illc1330 wickeda1375 uneasy1398 difficul?a1450 difficile?1473 difficulta1527 unready1535 craggy1582 spiny1604 tough1619 uphill1622 shrewda1626 spinousa1638 scabrous1646 spinose1660 rugged1663 cranka1745 tight1764 thraward1818 nasty1828 upstream1847 awkward1860 pricklyc1862 bristling1871 sticky1871 rocky1873 dodgy1898 challengeful1927 solid1943 ball-busting1944 challenging1975 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 440 Nocht ane..wist weill quhair away for till wend, The gait wes sa vnreddy and miskend. †3. Undressed; not fully or correctly dressed. Obsolete (English regional in later use).Common in first half of 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > negligently dressed dishevelc1381 unreadya1555 dishevelled1612 dishabille1691 browzy1719 a1555 J. Bradford Godlye Medytacyon (1559) sig. C.vii (heading) When you make your self vnredy Praye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 40 [stage direct.] The French leape ore the walles in their shirts. Enter..Bastard, Alanson, Reignier, halfe ready, and halfe vnready. Alan. How now my Lords? what all vnreadie so? 1625 J. Mede Let. 17 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 198 The Queene,..though she were unready,..hasted down a pair of stairs to meet him. 1678 Young Man's Calling 364 She desired to go..to dress her head, which by the violence of the wind was made all unready. 1694 French Rogue (new ed.) x. 104 The Husband..throwing her into Bed, fell to making himself unready, that he might be the more ready, as he thought, to pleasure her. 1822 R. Nares Gloss. Unready, undressed. To dress being often a part of making ready, to undress was called to make unready. 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Unready, not ready, not dressed. 4. †a. Not responding readily to command. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adjective] argha1000 slowOE unwillyc1200 sweera1300 unfain1338 loathc1374 dangerousc1386 eschewc1386 squeamous1387 obstinate?a1439 unpresta1500 ill-willing?1520 evil-willing1525 untowards1525 untowarda1530 unwilling1533 strange1548 ill-willed1549 dainty1553 relucting1553 squeamish?1553 nicea1560 loathful1561 coyish1566 coy1576 unhearty1583 costive1594 unready1595 tarrowinga1598 undisposed1597 involuntary1598 backward1600 retrograde1602 unpregnant1604 scrupulous1608 unprone1611 refractory1614 behindhanda1616 nilling1620 backwards1627 shya1628 retractable1632 reluctant1638 loughta1641 tendera1641 unapt1640 uninclinable1640 unbeteaming1642 boggling1645 averse1646 indisposed1646 aversant1657 incomposed1660 disinclined1703 unobliging1707 unconsenting1713 uninclined1729 tenacious1766 disinclinable1769 ill-disposed1771 unaffectioned1788 scruplesomec1800 back-handed1817 sweert1817 tharf1828 backward in coming forward1830 unvoluntary1834 misinclined1837 squeamy1838 balky1847 retractive1869 grudging1874 tharfish1876 unwishful1876 safety first1917 society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > not readily responding to command unready1595 sticky1898 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. vi. 149 These newes grieued the Earle exceedingly, bicause he thought his army not fully paid, would be vnreadie. 1606 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) sig. M3^v Like an vnready horse, that will neither stoppe nor turne. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. 409 One of the most unwieldy, and unready footed Animals, that is to say, a Mule. b. Not quick or prompt; hesitant, esp. in speaking. Now rare. ΚΠ 1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert 1 There needs no more; For I would spare thee the unready tale. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xl. 418 William Kethe, a Scotch divine, no unready rhymer. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. vii. 91 ‘Mr. Thornton, I believe!’ said Margaret, after a half-instant's pause, during which his unready words would not come. 1942 P. I. Wellman Angel with Spurs 19 He tried to think how Shelby would speak; or how Major Edwards.., would speak. His own unready tongue shackled him. B. n. With the and plural agreement. Those who are unready; unready people as a class. In early use chiefly in Christian contexts. ΚΠ 1673 J. Faldo Quakerism No Christianity (new ed.) viii. Section 2, 101 For the help of the unready in the Scriptures, I shall quote a few of its testimonies to confute this Doctrine. 1677 T. Vincent True Christians Love (end matter) The Door of Heaven opened and shut; opened to the Ready and Prepared, shut against the unready and unprepared. a1714 M. Henry Expos. Hist. Bks. New Test. (1715) Matthew xxv.1 sig. Aa2^v The Administration of Christ's Government towards the Ready and the Unready in the great Day, may be illustrated by this Similitude. 1875 J. W. De Forest Playing Mischief xiv. 51 Many wiser gentlemen picked up what they could find, and made off with it, leaving a very poor choice for the fastidious, the conscientious, and the otherwise unready. a1922 A. C. T. Meynell Last Poems (1923) 40 We the unready, the perplexed, the cold, Must shape the Eternal in our thoughts anew. 2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) iii. 57 We walked down a corridor covered in graffiti art with the occasional installation piece lurking to trouble the unready. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). unreadyadj.² Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛdi/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛdi/ Forms: 1500s– unready, 1600s vnready. Also with capital initial. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: unredy adj. Etymology: Alteration of unredy adj. (compare quots. a1500, 1675 at that entry) by association with unready adj.¹ With use as the epithet of Æthelred II, compare unrede n. 2. Badly advised, lacking counsel; foolish (but usually regarded as = unready adj.¹ 1 or unready adj.¹ 4).Originally the epithet of Æthelred II, king of England (d. 1016); cf. unrede n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective] > of Aethelred redelessOE unredec1210 unready1580 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 134 Etheldrede, commonly called Un-ready. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. i. 17 Ethelred,..by reason of his backwardnesse in Action, was commonly called the Unready. 1742 J. Campbell Lives Admirals I. ii. 72 The unfortunate King Ethelred..was stigmatized with the opprobrious Nickname of the Unready. 1820 London Mag. Jan. 83/2 Athelstane the Unready, whose appetite is always ready, is tormented with fear lest the loss of his dinner should be the consequence of captivity. 1833 W. S. Gilmore Bk. my Lady 320 My friends, and enemies, I may add, all know of this failing in my mental make; and with one accord have denominated me, ‘Topic the Unready’. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 327 The Unready King showed occasional glimpses of vigour. 1941 G. E. Shankle Amer. Mottoes & Slogans 12 He was nicknamed ‘Mac the Unready’, and ‘The Little Corporal of Unfought Fields’. 1994 G. Davies Hist. Money iv. 130 His name [sc. Aethelred], literally ‘noble advice’, went so ill with his character that he became known, with sick humour, as the Unready, from his stubborn refusal to take good counsel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † unreadyv. Forms: see un- prefix² and ready v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², ready v. Etymology: < un- prefix² + ready v. Obsolete. rare. transitive (reflexive). To undress oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)] stripa1225 spoila1382 unclothea1382 despoil1388 spoila1395 undighta1400 uncase1576 disrobe1581 unreadya1586 untire1597 devest1598 discasea1616 undressa1616 disvest1627 doff1697 tirr1787 unray1825 divest1848 undrape1869 unrind1872 shuck1897 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. f. 188 After his wife was departed to her fayned repose, as long as he remayned with his daughter, to geue his wife time of vnreadying her selfe. 1666 G. Torriano Fabrica Nova 98 in Piazza Universale On condition that thou serve me not as thou didst before, to leave me here all alone, to make me unready my own self. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.¹n.c1384adj.²1580v.a1586
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