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I am on time; you sound unprepared (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impromptu

'unprepared' is the definition.
(impromptu means improvised or unprepared)

'i am on time you sound' is the wordplay.
'i am' becomes 'I'm'.
'on time' becomes 'prompt' (synonyms).
'sound' shows a homophone (sound like).
'you' is a homophone of 'u'.
'im'+'prompt'+'u'='IMPROMPTU'

(Other definitions for impromptu that I've seen before include "Piano piece" , "Ad-lib" , "Without much planning" , "unrehearsed piece" , "Ad hoc: spontaneous-sounding musical piece mastered by Schubert" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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