Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

of preparation; inculture†, inconcoction†, improvidence. immaturity, crudity; rawness &c adj.; abortion; disqualification. [Absence of art] nature, state of nature; virgin soil, unweeded garden; neglect &c 460. rough copy &c (plan) 626; germ &c 153; raw material &c 635. improvisation &c (impulse) 612. V. be unprepared &c adj.; want preparation, lack preparation; lie fallow; s'embarquer sans biscuits [Fr.]; live from hand to mouth. [Render unprepared] dismantle &c (render useless) 645; undress &c 226. extemporize, improvise, ad lib. Adj. unprepared &c (prepare); &c; 673; without preparation &c 673; incomplete &c 53; rudimental, embryonic, abortive; immature, unripe, kachcha†, raw, green, crude; coarse; rough cast, rough hewn; in the rough; unhewn†, unformed, unfashioned†, unwrought, unlabored†, unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted, unpolished. unhatched, unfledged, unnurtured†, unlicked†, untaught, uneducated, uncultivated, untrained, untutored, undrilled, unexercised; deckle- edged†; precocious, premature; undigested, indigested†; unmellowed†, unseasoned, unleavened. unrehearsed, unscripted, extemporaneous, improvised, spontaneous, ad lib, ad libitem [Lat.]. fallow; unsown, untilled; natural, in a state of nature; undressed; in dishabille, en deshabille [Fr.]. unqualified, disqualified; unfitted; ill-digested; unbegun, unready, unarranged†, unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped, untrimmed; out of gear, out of order; dismantled &c v.. shiftless, improvident, unthrifty, thriftless, thoughtless, unguarded; happy-go- lucky; caught napping &c (inexpectant) 508 [Obs.]; unpremeditated &c 612. Adv. extempore &c 612.