unpreparedness

Example Sentences

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The unpreparedness for the unionization wave doesn’t mean the company has an anti-union playbook, the report said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

"The agency is acutely aware of the humanitarian aspect of this scenario, especially considering the harsh weather conditions and the unpreparedness of the people arriving at the Finnish border," it added.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023

It took the unexpected loss of a friend in college to make her reexamine her own fears and unpreparedness surrounding mortality.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2023

The subsequent refugee crisis and the State Department’s unpreparedness cast America’s diplomats in Bingham’s role.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

"I sometimes despair of the country ever becoming alive to the danger of the unpreparedness of our present position until too late to prevent some fatal catastrophe."

From The Invasion by Le Queux, William