1 (unready) the student who comes to an exam unprepared el estudiante que viene al examen sin estar preparado sin preparación;or
I was unprepared when he suddenly suggested coming over to see me Gorbachev had laid a trap to lure the unprepared Americans into a sweeping renegotiation He had anticipated it, yet the shock found him unprepared we were pushed into battle unprepared
to catch sb unprepared pillar a algn desprevenido; to be unprepared for sth (not expect) no contar con algo; no esperar algo; (be unequipped) no estar preparado para algo; she was totally unprepared for motherhood no estaba preparada para ser madre en absoluto
They are unprepared to cope with large numbers of immigrants Students from tropical countries are often unprepared for the British climate... he was unprepared for the effect of his question we are unprepared to cope with this number of people
3 (unwilling) to be unprepared to do sth no estar dispuesto a hacer algo
To do great things involves sacrifice, something which many of his fellow leaders seem unprepared to make Innes seemed unprepared to let the matter go he was unprepared to cooperate, even to communicate
