Meanings
- uncountableThe state or condition of not yet being ready.
[…] prereadiness for later employment or career. The prehensile demands resemble those of the school-age child, except that the skill level is often higher. Less time is spent in trial and error […]
2002, Donna J. Cech, Suzanne Tink Martin, Functional Movement Development Across the Life Span1 more example
Notice that at Turn 9 the teacher reformulated Clinton's unqualified refusal as a prereadiness rather than an unwillingness. Prereadiness does not exclude participation, whereas unwillingness is an indication of non-participation.
2005, Helena Austin, Bronwyn Dwyer, Peter Freebody, Schooling the Child: The Making of Students in Classrooms, page 129
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prereadiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prereadiness
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