His communication is folksy but fluid; he never seems flummoxed, like George W. Bush, or befuddled, like John McCain, or unprepared, like Sarah Palin.
In his retirement speech, Harold Wilson explained how he was left feeling like an "unprepared schoolboy" during one of his regular audiences with her.
Ms. Palin looked like an unprepared student who wanted nothing so much as to escape this encounter with the school principal.
When these riders end up with a flat tire on a deserted road, they often learn that nothing beckons Murphy's Law like being unprepared.
How do you view the balance between telling painful truths that run the risk of panicking people, like "we are unprepared in some areas, perhaps," versus putting a positive face on things? A. I think you tell the public the truth.
The tech industry is the primary generator of new jobs in the US, but the inaccessibility of resources and practical education left students in neighborhoods like Jessica and Evin's unprepared and unqualified in the eyes of recruiters.
The Knicks -- who shot a woeful 40.6percentt during the sweep -- looked uninspired and unprepared; like they knew the series was already over.
In a stressful situation, if we aren't constantly thinking about what's wrong, then we may feel like we are unprepared or acting irresponsibly.
More likely, though, was an unprepared pitch, meaning "wormcasts became set like concrete, posing frightening problems to the batsmen".
It's not like we were wholly unprepared, but somehow we were still wholly unprepared".
