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unpremeditation

unpremeditation noun: lack of premeditation; spontaneity.

Noun

unpremeditation (uncountable)

  1. Lack of premeditation; spontaneity.
    • The man who can carry through a carefully premeditated scene with an air of complete unpremeditation has an immense advantage. "Mr. Lester," he began, "I understand that you are the administrator of the estate of the late Philip Vantine?" "1911, Burton Egbert Stevenson, chapter 13, in The Mystery Of The Boule Cabinet
    • With a gesture as automatic as drawing breath, he jerked out his watch and looked at it, apparently to make sure of catching his trolley, although his valedictory was poured out with such a passionate unpremeditation that the action must have been involuntary and unconscious.1912, Dorothy Canfield, chapter 29, in The Squirrel-Cage, New York: Henry Holt & Co, page 327

Origin of unpremeditation

From un- + premeditation.

Questions about unpremeditation

What does unpremeditation mean?
Unpremeditation means lack of premeditation; spontaneity.
What part of speech is unpremeditation?
Unpremeditation is a noun.

Words near unpremeditation in the dictionary

  1. unpremeditable
  2. unpremeditate
  3. unpremeditated
  4. unpremeditatedly
  5. unpremeditatedness
  6. unpremeditation
  7. unpremeditative
  8. unpremeditativeness
  9. unpremised
  10. unpremonished
  11. unpremultiplication

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