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Meaning of ill-prepared | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Not well prepared. Not ready, or not in condition to do a task.

Examples

“He was ill-prepared for the exam. I'm not surprised he failed.”

“The colonists, many of them gentlemen ill-prepared to be settlers, achieved failure at almost everything they tried.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

ill-proportioned ill-qualified ill-received ill-seen ill-sorted ill-spent