Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Absence of premeditation; undesignedness.
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- noun Lack of
premeditation ;spontaneity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the Westminster Riot at least had the saving feature of unpremeditation.
The Message 1912
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Lawrence hesitated as if not quite sure of the outcome of such unpremeditation.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories Robert Herrick 1903
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She seemed stilled, almost alarmed, at what had occurred, while the novelty, unpremeditation, mastery of circumstance disquieted him -- palpitating, contemplative being that he was.
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She seemed stilled, almost alarmed, at what had occurred, while the novelty, unpremeditation, mastery of circumstance disquieted him -- palpitating, contemplative being that he was.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884
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Mr. G., for all his affectation of unpremeditation, evidently had in mind these listeners at the door.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 Various 1876
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Beyond the innate reserve of an unsophisticated womanly nature there will be little reticence, and her thoughts will flow with the clearness and unpremeditation of the brook that I crossed on my way here.
A Day of Fate Edward Payson Roe 1863
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a passionate unpremeditation that the action must have been involuntary and unconscious.
The Squirrel-Cage Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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