unpreparedlyadv.
/ˌʌnprᵻˈpɛːrᵻdli/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈpɛr(ə)dli/ In an unprepared manner or condition; without preparation.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adverb]
unripely1538
unpreparedly1592
cold1896
1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xvii. 9) f. 64 The wicked come vnreuerently and vnpreparedly to those holy signes.
1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes (new ed.) I. §56 If hee die suddainly, yet hee dies not vnpreparedly.
1684 J. Goodman Old Relig. ii. vi. 319 It seems far the more pardonable to come, though somewhat unpreparedly, than not to come because of unpreparedness.
1747 J. Willison Sacramental Medit. & Advices Pref. p. iv If you go to this Ordinance unpreparedly, or with Indifference, you..make light of the Lord Jesus Christ.
1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett I. li. 194 She hath an affecting trick of shedding tears,..which burst upon one so unpreparedly, that [etc.].
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 134 We are like the young waterfowl,..launched upon their natural..element, unpreparedly.
1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem I. xxxiv. 131 There is such a thing as going into danger with a full knowledge of where the danger lies, and there is doing it blindly and unpreparedly.
1920 Jrnl. Internat. Relations 11 189 We justly intervened after the Columbus raid, but tardily and unpreparedly.
1999 E. K. Sedgwick Dialogue on Love iv. 73 Unexpectedly and unpreparedly getting my period.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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