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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescompletamente despreparado
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kom-ple-ta-men-te des-pre-pa-ra-du
"O governo foi considerado completamente despreparado."
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Exhibiting a severe, lamentable, or deplorable lack of readiness, capability, or supplies to face a specific task, challenge, or emergency.
"The local authorities were woefully unprepared for the sudden severity of the winter storm."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'woefully', derived from Old English 'wāfyl' meaning full of woe or sorrow, functioning here as an intensifier denoting a deplorable degree, with 'unprepared', combining the prefix 'un-' (Old English 'un-', meaning not) and 'prepared' (from Latin 'praeparare'). The pairing solidified in modern English discourse to strongly emphasize a critical and lamentable lack of readiness.
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totalement impris
Transliteration: to-tal-ment an-pre-pa-re
Script: totalement impréparé
"L'équipe était totalement impréparée pour cette compétition."
völlig unvorbereitet
Transliteration: fœl-ɪç ʊn-foːɐ̯-bə-ʁeːt-ət
"Das Unternehmen war auf die Krise völlig unvorbereitet."
del tutto impreparato
Transliteration: del tu-to im-pre-pa-ra-to
"Il candidato era del tutto impreparato per le domande."
totalmente desprevenido
Transliteration: to-tal-men-te des-pre-be-ni-do
"Estábamos totalmente desprevenidos para el cambio repentino."
completamente despreparado
Transliteration: kom-ple-ta-men-te des-pre-pa-ra-du
"O governo foi considerado completamente despreparado."
बूरी तरह से तैयार नहीं
Transliteration: buri tarah se taiyar nahi
Script: बुरी तरह से तैयार नहीं
"इस स्थिति के लिए वे बुरी तरह से तैयार नहीं थे।"
毫无准备
Transliteration: háo wú zhǔn bèi
"面对突如其来的变化，他们显得毫无准备。"
턱없이 준비가 부족한
Transliteration: teok-eops-i jun-bi-ga bu-jok-han
"그들은 재난에 대해 턱없이 준비가 부족한 상태였다."
全く準備ができていない
Transliteration: mattaku junbi ga dekiteinai
"その会社はその事態に対して全く準備ができていなかった。"
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