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| 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]. |
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