unpreparedness

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English

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Etymology

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From unprepared +‎ -ness.

Noun

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unpreparedness (uncountable)

  1. 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.

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