Meanings
noununpreparedness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or quality of being unprepared.
The presentation went badly due to the team's unpreparedness.
1 more example
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
Origin
Translations
Finnish valmistautumattomuus
- valmistautumattomuusstate of being unprepared
Hungarian felkészületlenség
- felkészületlenségstate of being unprepared
Polish nieprzygotowanie
- nieprzygotowaniestate of being unprepared
Russian негото́вность, неподгото́вленность
- негото́вность (negotóvnostʹ)state of being unprepared
- неподгото́вленность (nepodgotóvlennostʹ)state of being unprepared
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APA
unpreparedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpreparedness
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“unpreparedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpreparedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpreparedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpreparedness.
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