The prosecutor, for instance, was unprepared when the defense began working to disqualify the testimony of a witness, Mr. Berg said.
Since it has already gone like clockwork four times (each abduction netting them a cool quarter of a million dollars without a hitch or an injury), they are unprepared when the fifth couple on their hit list, Will and Karen Jennings Stuart Townsendd and Charlize Theron), an anesthesiologist and his wife, fight back.
I hate being unprepared when people bring up current events.
In today's workplace, it's often the baby boomers who hold seniority and many of them were unprepared when they assumed the role of family caregiver for their parents.
It is unprepared when an event opens the door to a deeper realm of disorder, cruelty and horror.
But for all her financial expertise, Ms. Neely was unprepared when she learned that the name of a deceased cleric from an obscure Islamic sect was on a deed claiming he and his temple owned the Kenwood home she had lived in since 2002.
UN planners had not anticipated that the 12th Division would be able to do this effectively, and thus was unprepared when its forces infiltrated the region so heavily.
Bandaranaike was unprepared when outraged Tamils took to the streets to protest the law and were met with violence from Sinhalese inflamed by the jingoism he had preached.
The expedition expected to be fully provisioned in Boston, the capital of colonial Massachusetts, but the city was unprepared when it arrived, and Massachusetts authorities had to scramble to provide even three months' supplies.
Those parents say the district didn't do enough -- the teachers don't invest time in the students, the school doesn't offer enough tutoring and the students, especially English learners, are unprepared when they enter middle school, said Maribel Mani, a parent who signed the petition.
