Writer wondered if it was an accident that local reporters were so ill-equipped for the job.

I really am a most troublesome companion to you both, but I hope I am not often so ill-equipped.

And rarely has Britain's foreign secretary, a post now occupied by Boris Johnson, been arguably so ill-equipped to deal with resulting tensions.

"It is unendurable that they of the silk market should be so ill-equipped," remarked Tsae-che discontentedly as she entered.