Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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So if you prepare an action to turn undead when they move in range and they don’t do that, do you lose your channel divinity?
Channel divinity is magical, but it isn't a spell, so no.
My current first choice for a Faerûn adventurer:
Aasimar, Flaming Fist Mercenary, Barbarian, 17 CHA, 14 or 16 CON, 14 STR; Path of the Wild Heart Bear; LV4: Multiclass Paladin; Blind Fighting; Oath of Devotion; LV7: Paladin 4 Spellfire Adept 18 CHA; LV11: Paladin 8 Ability Score Improvement 20 CHA; LV15: Paladin 12 Resilient WIS; LV19: Paladin 16 Boon of Irresistible Offense 15 STR; LV20: Multiclass Barbarian 4 Boon of Desperate Resilience 16 STR. Info
I'd have to agree with @Eoun, nothing in the description indicates the CD is spent before the action is taken so if the action never happens then the resource isn't spent.
Spells have text that makes the spellslot be consumed when you make the choice to ready one but that is a clear exception, not the general rule.
If you Ready Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, and never use your readied action to do so, you shouldn't loose one use of it because only when you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy until released. It's an exception to spells and no other effects, despite being referred as energy or magical, are used when Ready and require holding it with concentration until released.