ill-equipped
idiom
: not having the experience or preparation that is needed
He is ill-equipped to handle so much responsibility.
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Yet much of today’s infrastructure is ill-equipped for the task.
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Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The coup and ensuing conflict has battered its health infrastructure, leaving it ill-equipped to deal with major natural disasters.
—Eve Brennan, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Then, the rotten cherry on top: my lightweight pack, overburdened with water and ill-equipped for the task, created a patch of chafe that eventually bloomed into an open wound.
—Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Reports drifting out of the battles in Kursk indicated North Koreans were ill-equipped to contend with the drone-dominant warfare that has defined the now more than three years of conflict between Kyiv and Moscow.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
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Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The coup and ensuing conflict has battered its health infrastructure, leaving it ill-equipped to deal with major natural disasters.
—Eve Brennan, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Then, the rotten cherry on top: my lightweight pack, overburdened with water and ill-equipped for the task, created a patch of chafe that eventually bloomed into an open wound.
—Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Reports drifting out of the battles in Kursk indicated North Koreans were ill-equipped to contend with the drone-dominant warfare that has defined the now more than three years of conflict between Kyiv and Moscow.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ill-equipped
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“Ill-equipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill-equipped. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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