Their unpreparedness served to strengthen the arguments for the European method of doing things.
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen
He has more than 50 absences charged against him, continued unpreparedness in classes and a wretched showing in the recent examinations.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
He found that there was no programme for building ships as in the European countries, and that there was general unpreparedness for war.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews