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unpreˈparedness
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1627in Foster Eng. Factories India (1909) III. 169 Any advantage possible to bee taken (by theire unpreparednes). 1640Habington Edw. IV, 77 There could bee no excuse but in the unpreparednesse of his mind. 1684[see prec.]. a1716Bp. O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. 250 Our Unpreparedness for the Duty will not excuse the Omission of it. 1748Richardson Clarissa VII. 416 They had, for..his unpreparedness for it [sc. his fate], but too much grounds for apprehension with regard to his future happiness. 1824Bentham Bk. Fallacies Wks. 1843 II. 411/1 Supposing the unpreparedness real, the reasonable and practical inference is—say nothing. 1873Spencer Stud. Sociol. ix. (1877) 213 The French..suffered catastrophes from this and other kinds of unpreparedness. |