How to Use underprepared in a Sentence

underprepared

adjective
  • Nothing takes the fun out of cooking quite like being underprepared in the kitchen.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And this underprepared this is not just in the realm of infectious disease.
    — Fox News, 15 Apr. 2020
  • They were prepared for a protest and were badly underprepared for the riot.
    — Michael Balsamo, ajc, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Why is Europe so underprepared for heat?
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • An underprepared one can spend that same time fielding conversations that go nowhere.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • That sparked an idea about a couple of underprepared guys trying to capitalize off the hype.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Coastal cities are woefully underprepared for the rising tides.
    — April Reese, Discover Magazine, 1 June 2016
  • Cut down on courses like these, and kids may be hugely underprepared to navigate essential parts of the adult world.
    — Kat McKim, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Underequipped and underprepared, these volunteers joined the war effort from all walks of life.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Afterall, if new grads are underprepared to enter the workforce, that’s not their fault– that is a systemic issue.
    — Allison Danielsen, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The numbers indicate that many of them are indeed grossly underprepared.
    — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
  • His team could have another losing record if the Longhorns are underprepared or if more injuries sideline players.
    — Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • But while hormones are back at the helm, most women are woefully underprepared for the changes our minds and bodies undergo during this phase of life.
    — Marnie Goodfriend, Flow Space, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The Texas grid was also underprepared for ice storms during the winter of 2023.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This tragedy should force us to confront how underprepared many families are to guide their children through the modern digital landscape.
    — Muhammad Aquil, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • Moreover, the research center was woefully underprepared for the care of penguins.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Marlon Brando was overweight and underprepared for his role as a deranged Green Berets colonel.
    — Clyde Haberman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • This is our now-or-never moment to invest in public health, to prevent the next pandemic, and to ensure that the world is never again so underprepared.
    — Dr. Tom Frieden, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021
  • But things rarely work that way, and parents and students are left scrambling for solutions as teachers are overwhelmed—and often underprepared to support them.
    — A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Rioters smashed windows, broke through doors and beat and bloodied law enforcement officers who were vastly underprepared for the mob.
    — Steve Leblanc and Ben Fox, Chron, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The defense industry has been underprepared in responding to the Ukraine crisis.
    — Michael Brenes, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2023
  • There are simply too many emotions crisscrossing the underprepared mindscape for a regular human to handle.
    — Manoj Agarwal, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • At least 210 people died in Texas, where the underprepared power grid gave out and more than 4 million households lost power.
    — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Many were furious schools didn’t return to in-person instruction sooner, while others felt their kids were being pushed back into underprepared schools.
    — Fixing Our City Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The allegation is a common one across many of the lawsuits, as many traditional schools were woefully underprepared to make the abrupt switch to online.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2020
  • As climate change pushes fires to extremes, the vast majority of homes in at-risk areas are woefully underprepared for the next inferno.
    — New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Many experts agree that the United States remains underprepared for a pandemic or a bioterrorism threat.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Instead, Ukraine has inflicted heavy losses on a Russian force seemingly underprepared for a long, tough fight.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The new data paints a picture of the USA as woefully underprepared for damaging floods.
    — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 29 June 2020
  • The focus of a recent faculty report seems to be more on measuring just how underprepared students are rather than examining what the campus can do to serve them.
    — Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026

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