单词 | unpreparation |
释义 | unpreparationn. Unpreparedness, unreadiness; lack of preparation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [noun] unreadiness1526 impreparation1597 unpreparation1607 unpreparedness1611 1607 Bp. J. Hall Holy Observ. 112 Our cowardlinesse, our vnpreparation is his aduantage. a1654 J. Murcot Parable Ten Virgins 100 in Several Wks. (1657) But yet God will be mercifull, and cover our shortness if we reach but this, the sense of our unpreparation, and be humbled for it. 1714 Help to Devotion (ed. 3) 24 Lord, pardon my Unpreparation, bear with my Infirmities. 1759 J. Mitchell Mem. Life 63 All guiltiness, unworthiness, and unpreparation was laid by, and overshadowed by the offer of free grace. 1839 Times 27 Mar. 3/2 At home we are in a similar state of entire unpreparation, while every other country in Europe is more ready for war than ourselves. 1883 Standard 9 Jan. 2 The state of unpreparation may be imagined. 1916 Square Deal Mar. 44/1 All the people I interviewed, when they learned the extent of my preparation—or rather my unpreparation—upon one polite pretext or another refused to give me lessons. 1996 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 17 Mar. (Sports section) 1 It was hard not to notice the difference between the Bulldogs' patience and preparation and the Bruins' impatience and unpreparation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1607 |
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