nonpreparation

Roget category 674

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.3. Precursory measures

#674. Nonpreparation

noun

non-preparation, absence of preparation, want of preparation — inculture^†, inconcoction^†, improvidence.
immaturity, crudity — rawness etc. adj. — abortion — disqualification.
[Absence of art] nature, state of nature — virgin soil, unweeded garden — neglect etc. 460.
rough copy etc. (plan) 626 — germ etc. 153 — raw material etc. 635.
improvisation etc. (impulse) 612.

verb

be unprepared etc. adj. — want preparation, lack preparation — lie fallow — s'embarquer sans biscuits [Fr.] — live from hand to mouth.
[Render unprepared] dismantle etc. (render useless) 645 — undress etc. 226.
extemporize, improvise, ad lib.

adjective

unprepared etc. (prepare); &c. — 673 — without preparation etc. 673 — incomplete etc. 53 — rudimental, embryonic, abortive — immature, unripe, kachcha^†, raw, green, crude — coarse — rough cast, rough hewn — in the rough — unhewn^†, unformed, unfashioned^†, unwrought, unlabored^†, unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted, unpolished.
unhatched, unfledged, unnurtured^†, unlicked^†, untaught, uneducated, uncultivated, untrained, untutored, undrilled, unexercised — deckle-edged^† — precocious, premature — undigested, indigested^† — unmellowed^†, unseasoned, unleavened.
unrehearsed, unscripted, extemporaneous, improvised, spontaneous, ad lib, ad libitem [Lat.].
fallow — unsown, untilled — natural, in a state of nature — undressed — in dishabille, en deshabille [Fr.].
unqualified, disqualified — unfitted — ill-digested — unbegun, unready, unarranged^†, unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped, untrimmed — out of gear, out of order — dismantled etc. v.. shiftless, improvident, unthrifty, thriftless, thoughtless, unguarded — happy-go-lucky — caught napping etc. (inexpectant) 508^† — unpremeditated etc. 612.

adverb

extempore etc. 612.

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