unready, unreadie, unredy

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. ready.] 1. Not ready; not prepared; not fit, not in read i ne . "An unredy and dispurueyed hoost for the warre." Fabyan : Chronicle (an. 1318). 2. Not prompt; not quick. "Bring either a conscientious man or an unready man." -Chambers' Journal , Feb., 1888, p. 35. *3. Not dre ed; undre ed. "Enter, several ways, Bastard, Alencon, Reignier, half. ready, and half-unready."-Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., ii. 1. *4. Awkward, ungainly. "Like an unready horse, that will neither stop nor turn."- Bacon . The epithet Unready , applied in many popular histories of England to Ethelred, does not mean unprepared , but is a misunderstanding of the Old English redeles ; A. S. rædleás =devoid of ræd or counsel, improvident. "It was his indifference to their rede or counsel that won him the name of Æthelred the Redeles."-Green: Hist . English People , vol. i. *ŭn-read-ỹ, v . t . [Pref. un . (2), and Eng. ready .] To undre . (Sidney.) ŭn-rê-al, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. real.] Not real; unsubstantial; having appearance only; imaginary. "Gay visions of unreal bli ." Thomson: Spring , 988. un-rê-al-i-ty, subst . [Pref. un- (1), and English reality.] 1. Want or absence of reality or real existence. 2. That which has no reality or real existence. *ŭn-re-al-ize, v . t . & i. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. realize ] A. Trans. To divest of reality; to present in an ideal form. "An attempt to unrealize every object in nature."Taylor: Philip Van Artevelde. (Pref.) B. In trans.: Not to become real. "A floating, gray, unrealizing dream." Southey: Don Roderick, x. unreckonable