English

ill-prepared

From ill + prepared.

A compound of ill + prepared

Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz ‘evil, bad’

Old Norse íllr ‘evil, bad’

Middle English ille ‘evil’

English ill

Today it means

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

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