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Meaning of "unpreparedness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNPREPAREDNESS

ˌʌnprɪˈpeədnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNPREPAREDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unpreparedness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNPREPAREDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unpreparedness in the English dictionary

The definition of unpreparedness in the dictionary is the condition of not having made adequate preparationsunpreparedness for war.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNPREPAREDNESS

assuredness · awkwardness · backwardness · blindness · fondness · forwardness · goodness · haphazardness · hardness · kindness · loudness · madness · preparedness · redness · sadness · straightforwardness · tiredness · waywardness · weirdness · wickedness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNPREPAREDNESS

unprejudiced · unprejudicedly · unprelatical · unpremeditated · unpremeditatedly · unpremeditation · unpreoccupied · unprepare · unprepared · unpreparedly · unprepossessed · unprepossessing · unprescribed · unpresentable · unpressed · unpressured · unpressurised · unpressurized · unpresuming · unpresumptuous

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNPREPAREDNESS

baldness · blandness · boundedness · business · centeredness · coldness · color blindness · connectedness · frowardness · giftedness · gladness · indebtedness · light-headedness · mindedness · nakedness · narrow-mindedness · night blindness · oddness · relatedness · soundness · stupidness

Synonyms and antonyms of unpreparedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unpreparedness» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF UNPREPAREDNESS

Find out the translation of unpreparedness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of unpreparedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unpreparedness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

不意
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

falta de preparación
570 millions of speakers
en

English

unpreparedness
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

तैयार नहीं होते
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عدم الاستعداد
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

неподготовленность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

despreparo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অপ্রস্তুতি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

impréparation
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tidak bersedia
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

mangelnde Vorbereitung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

unpreparedness
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

unpreparedness
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Unpreparedness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unpreparedness
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தயாரற்ற
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अपुरी तयारी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

hazırlıksız
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

impreparazione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

nieprzygotowanie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

непідготовленість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

lipsa de pregătire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανετοιμότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onvoorbereidheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oförbereddhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uforberedthet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unpreparedness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNPREPAREDNESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of unpreparedness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «unpreparedness».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unpreparedness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNPREPAREDNESS»

Discover the use of unpreparedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unpreparedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Military Unpreparedness of the United States: A History ...
A History of American Land Forces from Colonial Times Until June 1, 1915 Frederic Louis Huidekoper. proper 12.610 Coast Artillery troops and 24,602 of the mobile arm, the latter being then not much more than twice the size of the police ...
Frederic Louis Huidekoper, 1916
2
Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective
The first type of moral problem to be considered here is that of general ' unpreparedness' to deal appropriately and effectively with morally troubling situations. What invariably happens here is that a nurse (or other health professional) enters ...
Megan-Jane Johnstone, 2011
3
The Nightmare Encyclopedia: Your Darkest Dreams Interpreted
These themes include such familiar scenarios as falling and flying, public nakedness, and unpreparedness. Freud would argue that all such dreams are wish fulfillment, but the fact that people had flying dreams before the advent of aviation ...
Jeff Belanger, Kirsten Dalley, 2005
4
The Dream Encyclopedia
Typical unpreparedness dreams involve either taking a test or having to give a speech, neither of which one is ready to do. These are common anxiety dreams. UNPREPAREDNESS DREAMS Some dream motifs are so common that almost ...
James R Lewis, Evelyn Dorothy Oliver, 2009
5
Social Studies in Schools: A History of the Early Years
The difficulty to which Miss Harris here refers — unpreparedness in history on the part of the teacher — is perhaps not so much of a factor in the secondary school, especially in cities, as in the elementary school. Unpreparedness of the ...
David Warren Saxe, 1991
6
Becoming Faulkner: The Art and Life of William Faulkner
See unpreparedness Summers,Jill Faulkner, 2 1, 105, 1 12-3, 128, 170-1, 175-6, 180-1, 190, 196, 217, 220, 226, 228-9, 240-1n.2 Sun 24lso Rises, The ( Hemingway),14 Sundquist, Eric, 245n.8 Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 2 1 Tate, Allen, 84 ...
Philip Weinstein, 2010
7
World War I: Primary Documents on Events from 1914 to 1919
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, July 1916 I heard a senator assert the other day that unpreparedness is the pathway that leads to war. Of course, the senator reasoned well. Who will be so bold as to deny that ...
Ross F. Collins, 2008
8
Congressional Record, V. 145, Pt. 20, November 4, 1999 to ...
This unpreparedness is the result of spending so many billions in Kosovo, where we made the situation many times worse by going in than it was before we started bombing. This unpreparedness is the result of spending many billions in ...
Congress
9
From The Geranium Farm: A Second Crop of Daily eMails from
Another unpreparedness dream: I was late to the service at Trinity, not vested, not ready. I grabbed a red cope that I saw hanging all alone on a coat rack — a big clue that this was just a dream — as I ran into the sacristy. They were just lining ...
Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, 2003
10
The "casualty Issue" in American Military Practice: The ...
consistently the level of unpreparedness that plagued the military at the outset of the vast mobilization. The Wilson Administration also tried to shift attention away from the war's human cost. Thomas Leonard argues that the president had "fixed  ...
Evan Andrew Huelfer, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNPREPAREDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unpreparedness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lack Of Skilled Workforce And Unpreparedness Impedes IoT …
The unpreparedness and insufficient skills among IT professionals in Australia might hinder the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in the country. «International Business Times AU, Jul 15»
2
GFOR: States working to solve 'crisis of unpreparedness'
Several states are taking steps to create retirement savings plans for private-sector workers whose employers don't offer retirement plans, trying to overcome ... «Pensions & Investments, Jun 15»
3
Season's first rain exposes VMC's unpreparedness
The onset of monsoon in Vadodara has exposed the unpreparedness of the VMC, with rainwater remaining stagnated on roads in most parts of the city. The city ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»
4
Regional elections should be delayed due to unpreparedness:
She said results of her research in regional areas showed the regional election participants were relatively unprepared and that election-related conflicts could ... «Jakarta Post, Jun 15»
5
'Veep' and 'Silicon Valley' mine unpreparedness for laughs
Not if you're the one who's unprepared, of course. I still have recurring “stress dreams” about being back in high school and not having read the book that was ... «Toronto Sun, Apr 15»
6
Erratic weather, unpreparedness responsible for outbreak of swine flu
The spike in cases has caused panic and fear among people in the region with a vast section of society accusing health authorities of unpreparedness and ... «Times of India, Mar 15»
7
FinMin: Bulgaria Realises Its Unpreparedness for Euro
Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said that although Bulgaria wants to accede to the Eurozone immediately, it realises that it is not fully prepared to introduce ... «Novinite.com, Jan 15»
8
18000 Kaiser nurses plan strike over Ebola unpreparedness
Some 18,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses in Northern California are planning a two-day strike this week against what they say is unpreparedness in fighting the ... «Washington Times, Nov 14»
9
Unpreparedness rooted in Tory policy, public's parsimony: Mallick
It never occurred to me that one could run into Centre Block on Parliament Hill at full speed and make it through, much less with a rifle and a scarf over one's face ... «Toronto Star, Oct 14»
10
Telangana power shortage due to government unpreparedness: BJP
BJP MP and the party's national vice president Bandaru Dattatreya on Wednesday accused Telangana government of being "short-sighted and unprepared" ... «Daily News & Analysis, Oct 14»
REFERENCE
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