unprovided

un- +‎ provided

unprovided (comparative more unprovided, superlative most unprovided)

1. Not provided; not supplied or equipped; unprepared.
   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, Maye, lines 113-116,^,

     The shepheards God so wel them guided,

     That of nought they were unprovided,

     Butter enough, honye, milke, and whay,

     And their flockes fleeces, them to araye.

   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act III, Scene 2,

     Why, sir, you know this is your wedding-day.

     First were we sad, fearing you would not come;

     Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.

     Fie, doff this habit, shame to your estate,

     An eye-sore to our solemn festival!

   • 1697, Aphra Behn, The Adventure of the Black Lady,

     Mean while, if you are unprovided of a Lodging, I dare undertake, you shall be welcome to this Gentlewoman.

   • 1818, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Chapter 23,

     Miss Tilney, understanding in part her friend’s curiosity to see the house, soon revived the subject; and her father being, contrary to Catherine’s expectations, unprovided with any pretence for further delay […] was at last ready to escort them.

   • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 1,

     Perhaps it is an oversight on Mr Macgregor’s part that he has left these young infants quite unprovided for, and that some of their mothers are in danger of starvation […]