Definitions for unready

unready un·read·y

Spelling: [uhn-red-ee]
IPA: /ʌnˈrɛd i/

Unready is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in unready (adenruy).

Definitions for unready

adjective

  1. not ready; not made ready:
  2. not in a state of readiness; unprepared:
  3. lacking in presence of mind, as when a quick decision or a sharp answer is required:
  4. British Dialect. not dressed.
  5. not prompt or quick.

Origin of unready

First recorded in 1250-1300, unready is from the Middle English word unredy. See un-1, ready

Examples for unready

“I reckon they should be unready to confess the same,” saith she.

Better let them think him unready; then perhaps they would let him get the lead.

He is as unready in the thought needed for these as he is in the use of his senses.

We have a writ from thelred the unready, and a remarkable writ it is.

He had said it before he remembered how unready he must perforce be with details.

Quick as a flash, and all unready, he was submerged in the water beneath.

It was said that America was unready, and so it was—in a way.

She is so unready; poor thing—unless her sufferings will stand instead.

It was unready for war, but war was the only solvent of intolerable troubles.

Probably he found her coy, unready to acknowledge his demands on her attention.

Word Value for unready
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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