Definition of "unprovided"
unprovided
adjective
not comparable
Not provided; not supplied or equipped; unprepared.
Quotations
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.
1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […]; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890,
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!
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]
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.
1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818)
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 […]
1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 1”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers