unpreparedness
They had surprise on their side and the unreadiness of the opponent was painfully apparent.
The incident highlighted the government's unreadiness to deal with a new kind of enemy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not expected or planned
abrupt end
abrupt halt
abruptly
abruptness
ad hoc
inadvertence
inadvertency
inadvertent
inadvertently
inconceivable
sharpness
sine die
spirit
spontaneity
spontaneous
unsuspected
untimely
untoward
unwilled
unwitting
unreadinessnoun[U] (NOT WILLING)
unwillingness to do something:
unreadiness toSome are frustrated by their unreadiness to look for their own independent solution.
She does not seem inclined to say no but admits to a certain state of unreadiness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unwilling and reluctant
arsed
balk
baulk
be blowed if...idiom
be in no mood for something/to do somethingidiom
begrudge
deign
disinclination
disinclined
disobliging
drag your heels/feetidiom
indisposed
indisposition
jib
not have the stomach for somethingidiom
rather you than meidiom
reluctance
reluctant
reluctantly
wouldn't
Opposite
readiness
Related word
unready