Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section II. Prospective Volition
3. Precursory Measures

674. Nonpreparation.

   NOUN:NONPREPARATION, unpreparedness; absence of -, want of- preparation; inculture [obs.], inconcoction [obs.], improvidence.
  IMMATURITY, crudity; rawness &c. adj.; abortion; disqualification.
  [ABSENCE OF ART] nature, state of nature; virgin soil, unweeded garden; rough diamond; neglect [See Neglect].
  rough copy (plan) [See Plan]; germ [See Cause]; raw material [See Materials].
  improvisation (impulse) [See Impulse].
   VERB:BE UNPREPARED &c. adj.; want -, lack- preparation; lie fallow; s’embarquer sans biscuits [F.]; live from hand to mouth.
  [RENDER UNPREPARED] dismantle (render useless) [See Inutility]; undress [See Divestment].
  EXTEMPORIZE, improvise; cook up, fix up, vamp.
  SURPRISE, drop in upon [colloq.], pay a surprise visit, drop in [colloq.], give a surprise party, take potluck with; take -, catch- unawares; take by surprise, call informally.
   ADJECTIVE:UNPREPARED &c. (prepare [See Preparation]); without preparation [See Preparation]; incomplete [See Incompleteness]; rudimental, embryonic, abortive; immature, unripe, kutcha or kachcha [Hind.]; callow, unfledged, unhatched, unnurtured, raw, green, crude; coarse; rough, roughcast, roughhewn; in the rough; rough-edged, unhewn, un- formed, unfashioned, unwrought, unlabored, unblown; indigested, undigested; unmellowed, unseasoned, unleavened; uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted; unpolished, uncut, deckle-edged.
  UNTAUGHT, uneducated, untrained, untutored, undrilled, unexercised; unlicked; precocious, premature.
  FALLOW, unsown, untilled, uncultivated.
  NATURAL, in puris naturalibus [L.], in a state of nature; undressed; in dishabille, en déshabillé [F.], in negligee.
  UNFITTED, disqualified, unqualified, ill-digested; unbegun, unready, unarranged, unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped, untrimmed; out of -gear, – kilter or kelter [colloq.], – order; dismantled &c. v.
  SHIFTLESS, improvident, unthrifty, thriftless, thoughtless, unguarded; happy-go-lucky; slack, remiss; caught napping (inexpectant) [See Inexpectation]; unpremeditated [See Impulse].
   ADVERB:INADVERTENTLY, by surprise, without premeditation; extempore [See Impulse].