unpreparedness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English unprepared 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.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being unprepared.
The presentation went badly due to the team's unpreparedness.
The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless.
1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 62:
Translations (5)
pl nieprzygotowanie (state of being unprepared) · hu felkészületlenség (state of being unprepared) · ru негото́вность (state of being unprepared) · ru неподгото́вленность (state of being unprepared) · fi valmistautumattomuus (state of being unprepared)