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  • Critics say the army is illprepared for the mission, and that Calderon is putting Mexico's most trusted security force at risk.

    Is Calderon winning or losing this war? 2007

  • Emma, the woman who worked dispatch, did her best, but she was fairly new on the job and illprepared for a disaster of this magnitude.

    Eighteen JAN BURKE 2002

  • Emma, the woman who worked dispatch, did her best, but she was fairly new on the job and illprepared for a disaster of this magnitude.

    Eighteen JAN BURKE 2002

  • Yet, a sizable fraction of these critically important elements of the manufacturing "food chain" have been slow to adopt modern, performance-enhancing equipment, production methods, and organizational techniques, leaving them illprepared to meet the challenges posed by foreign competitors that are exploiting the advantages of modern technology.

    Technology For Economic Growth A Report Part 2 Of ITY National Archives 1993

  • I think he considers me illprepared to be his wife, and in truth, he is right.

    Gentle Warrior Garwood, Julie 1985

  • The summer before attending Duke, I often entertained ideas that I was illprepared and incompetent to face the academic challenges that would surface over the next year at this rigorous institution.

    Thousand Oaks Acorn 2009

  • Under the new laws, patients detained or subject to a community treatment order should be legally entitled to an independent mental health advocate, but the Government has delayed the roll out of the posts for six months and is illprepared for their proposed introduction next April, leading to fears that patients could be left without support.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2008

  • like an illprepared student asked a kwestshun an often making a sound like ‘hummina hummina hummina’.

    so long, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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