单词 | unpreparedness |
释义 | unpreparednessn. The quality of being unprepared; lack of preparedness, unreadiness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [noun] unreadiness1526 impreparation1597 unpreparation1607 unpreparedness1611 1611 R. Bolton Disc. State True Happinesse To Rdr. sig. A2 Vnpreparednesse in comming to diuine seruices, religious exercises, and the Lords Table. 1640 W. Habington Hist. Edward IV 77 There could bee no excuse but in the unpreparednesse of his mind. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xxvi. 250 Our Unpreparedness for the Duty will not excuse the Omission of it. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. Concl. 416 They had, for..his unpreparedness for it [sc. his fate], but too much grounds for apprehension with regard to his future happiness. 1824 J. Bentham & P. Bingham Bk. Fallacies i. v. 117 Supposing the unpreparedness real, the reasonable and practical inference is,—say nothing. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. (1877) ix. 213 The French..suffered catastrophes from this and other kinds of unpreparedness. 1938 C. Brooks Jrnl. 5 Oct. (1998) 221 He added that it was hard to apportion blame for unpreparedness. 1986 A. Ravetz Govt. of Space ii. 15 A general unpreparedness for the scale of the new urban problems. 2005 Independent 15 Nov. 45/5 Her response to unpreparedness and so to stress became markedly different. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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