unprepared

The Soviets had been caught unprepared by Hitler in World War II. “Like twenty years ago,” the statement continued, “ominous clouds of war are once again overhanging the approaches to our motherland.”

But it feels as though she was unprepared for the reaction.

Because areas like these have no long-term record of seismic activity, local communities are often unprepared.

Newby has said he had a crisis of faith at Duke when a professor challenged the literal truth of the Bible and he felt unprepared to defend it.

This may leave the reader unprepared for the book’s final, provocative twist.