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

He detailed a period of chaos and unpreparedness in the days after the Taliban captured Kabul.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2023

The World War and the famine and widespread desolation that followed gave tragic evidence of our spiritual unpreparedness.

From The Coming of Coal by Bruere, Robert W.