Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not prepared or ready for something; lacking necessary provisions or arrangements: Describes a state of being without the needed supplies, support, or plans for a particular situation or the future.
   • Without income or means; lacking financial support: Describes a person, especially a dependent, who has been left without the resources or money needed for living.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The sudden storm caught the hikers unprovided for. (The hikers were not prepared for the sudden storm.)
  • The will left the younger children tragically unprovided for. (The will did not arrange for the financial support of the younger children.)

Advanced Usage

• Legal/Formal Context: Often used in legal, formal, or literary contexts to describe a lack of care or provision, particularly for dependents after someone's death or departure.
  • The court appointed a guardian for the unprovided for heirs.
• General State of Being Unprepared: Can describe being unprepared for non-financial situations.
  • The policy change left many questions unprovided for in the manual.

Variants and Related Words

• Unprovided (adj): A less common variant with a similar meaning of "not supplied or furnished."
  • The room was unprovided with basic furniture.
• Provide (v): The root verb meaning to make available, supply, or prepare.
• Provision (n): The act of providing or something that is provided.

Synonyms

• Unprepared: Not ready or equipped for something.
• Destitute: Without the basic necessities of life.
• Unsupported: Not given financial or material support.

Antonyms

• Provided for: Having the necessary support or arrangements.
• Prepared: Made ready for use or consideration.
• Supported: Provided with financial or material assistance.

Related Phrases

• Leave someone unprovided for: An idiom meaning to fail to make financial or caring arrangements for someone who is dependent.
  • He worked hard to ensure his family would not be left unprovided for.

Adjective

1. not prepared or ready for
2. without income or means
   • left his family unprovided for