planlessnessn.
/ˈplanləsnəs/, U.S. /ˈplænləsnəs/ The absence or lack of a plan; the fact of being unplanned.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > quality of being planless
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [noun] > randomness
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1838 T. Carlyle Let. 6 July in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1985) X. 113 All our plans are driven aback by the planlessness of Lady Clare.
1906 Hibbert Jrnl. Jan. 408 The planlessness of moral instruction in schools.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Sept. 609/2 It has the merit, certainly, that almost any plan has over planlessness.
1992 Independent 6 Jan. 25/1 This ongoing planlessness pervades the whole book.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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