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Recent Examples of underprepared
But when its characters butt up against real historical conflicts and resonant social issues, the series can seem a little underprepared to take them on.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
For a second consecutive Week 1, Carolina looked underprepared for and outcoached by a seemingly underwhelming opponent on the road.
—Mike Kaye
september 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Those impacts risk reverberating through the rest of these students’ lives and into our economy through an underprepared talent supply.
—Matt Gandal, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Cuts to staffing and funding are happening to many disaster relief programs at the federal level, leaving many feeling understaffed and underprepared.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
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But retail industry and health policy experts said state SNAP programs, already under pressure from steep budget cuts, are unprepared for the complex changes, with no complete lists of the foods affected and technical point-of-sale challenges that vary by state and store.—
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But retail industry and health policy experts said state SNAP programs, already under pressure from steep budget cuts, are unprepared for the complex changes, with no complete lists of the foods affected and technical point-of-sale challenges that vary by state and store.—
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Thirty‑one percent of respondents cite cybersecurity and privacy concerns as a main challenge, followed by anxiety over data output quality (23%), unready business processes (22%), and technology infrastructure limitations (22%).—
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Successors are unready when the call comes.—
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“Underprepared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underprepared. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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