Noun
unpreparedness (uncountable)
The state or quality of being unprepared.
The presentation went badly due to the team's unpreparedness.
The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps. Frantz Fanon
The "cumulative effects" of unbridled commercialism, however difficult to assess, constitute one key to the impact of growing up in the core of the world's marketing system. Minimally, it suggests unpreparedness for, and lack of interest in, the world that exists outside the shopping mall. Herbert Schiller
But in a classic example of unpreparedness resulting from years of neglected training and equipping with modern weapons, the of the North’s lead elements virtually destroyed Task Force Smith and continued the attack. Source: Internet
The war exposed the unpreparedness of India's military which could send only 14,000 troops to the war zone in opposition to the many times larger Chinese army, and Nehru was widely criticised for his government's insufficient attention to defence. Source: Internet
National Nurses United also issued a on Friday about hospitals’ unpreparedness. Source: Internet
In view, however, of the unpreparedness of the Swedish army and the difficulties of the situation, Charles was forced to observe a strict neutrality. Source: Internet