impreparation

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noun

Lack of preparation.

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Meanings

nounimpreparation (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableLack of preparation.

    Which impreparation and unreadiness when then they find in us, they turn it to the soothing up of themselves in that cursed fancy, whereby they would fain believe that the hearty devotion of such as indeed fear God is nothing else but a kind of harmless error […]

    [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)

Origin

From im- + preparation.

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impreparation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impreparation

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impreparation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impreparation.

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