unpreparedness
English edit
Etymology edit
From unprepared + -ness.
Noun edit
unpreparedness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being unprepared.
- The presentation went badly due to the team's unpreparedness.
- 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 62:
- The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless.
Translations edit
state of being unprepared
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References edit
- unpreparedness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “unpreparedness”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.