In many directions, the community faced threats and intelligence challenges that it was largely unprepared to meet.

The Administration was surprised and largely unprepared to respond to the invasion, officials say.

Although there had been a range of contingency plans for the public release of any findings, the actual circumstances had caught them largely unprepared.

Beethoven creates awkward new gestures for which the trained pianist is largely unprepared.

Remarkably, for a company of its size and sophistication, Macy is hurtling toward bankruptcy largely unprepared.

In addition, the U.S. military was largely unprepared for the challenge of administering the country, arriving with no knowledge of the language or political situation.

Largely unprepared for the strike, the union was able to win at least one early battle against Remington Rand.

Colleges and universities were largely unprepared for the first call-up of reservists since the Vietnam War.

Although the Polish military had prepared for conflict, the civilian population remained largely unprepared.

A largely unprepared town, the resulting fires caused about 11,500 deaths.