unpreparedness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English prepare

English -ed

English prepared

English unprepared

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English unpreparedness

From unprepared + -ness.

Noun

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.

Translations

state of being unprepared

• Finnish: valmistautumattomuus
• Russian: негото́вность (ru) f (negotóvnostʹ), неподгото́вленность (ru) f (nepodgotóvlennostʹ)

References

• Noah Webster (1828), “unpreparedness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• “unpreparedness”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.