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impreparation

impreparation noun: lack of preparation.

Noun

impreparation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Lack 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 of impreparation

From im- + preparation.

Questions about impreparation

What does impreparation mean?
Impreparation means lack of preparation.
What part of speech is impreparation?
Impreparation is a noun.

Words near impreparation in the dictionary

  1. impregning
  2. impregns
  3. imprejudicate
  4. impremeditate
  5. imprenable
  6. impreparation
  7. imprepared
  8. impresa
  9. impresari
  10. impresarial
  11. impresario

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