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• a  not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond
  she cursed her unready tongue

• Shakespeare's Juliet was 13, unready for love perhaps but, by the standards of her age, more than ready for marriage.
• Eisenhower for his part saw Kennedy as callow and unready; "I will do almost anything to avoid turning my chair and country over to Kennedy," he told his friends during the campaign.
• Palin is pronounced unready to take over the presidency by.

• ready

News & Articles

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• ND's Tuitt faces big challenge against Michigan's Lewan
  Battle between Irish defensive end and Wolverines tackle could be key to Saturday's game SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Because he did not spend relevant time on the field, Stephon Tuitt is low on on-field specifics regarding his last trip to Michigan. He was a Notre Dame freshman, deemed unready for competing in that cauldron in 2011, so his recollections are what passed his wide and wandering eyes.        
  Sept. 6, 2013 - The Morning Call

Quotes

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• Harry Reid in Guardian Unlimited
  It is because of the administration's mismanagement of the war that we stand unready for the next attack,Reid said. "Far from keeping Osama bin Laden on the run, President Bush has distracted us from tracking down a resurgent al Qaida."
• Rick Santorum in FOXNews
  From everything I see, my opponent, Mr. Casey, is unready, unqualified for the office that he seeks at a very critical time in our nation's future,Santorum said in a speech at PRL Industries, a metal-castings supplier that counts the military...
• Brook Lopez in Seattle Times
  I don't think it was a bad matchup,Brook Lopez said. "I just think we came out soft and unready to play with our energy. I definitely know I did."