† impreparationn.
Obsolete.
Want of preparation; unpreparedness.
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unreadiness1526
impreparation1597
unpreparation1607
unpreparedness1611
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. ii. 6 Impreparation and vnreadines.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 24 I strongly pleaded my indisposition of body, and my inpreparation for any such work.
1779 E. Carter Let. 5 Dec. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) II. 359 The awful stroke that hurried poor Lord Lyttelton from such a dreadful state of impreparation.
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