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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The coup and ensuing conflict has battered its health infrastructure, leaving it ill-equipped to deal with major natural disasters.
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Ross Adkin, Alex Stambaugh and Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 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
The rigor around data and compensation, in particular, should be easily reportable to the board, and many HR leaders are ill-equipped to get at this data.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
All of that has forced vulnerable people like Aguilar-Hurtado into extended confinement in county jails that are often ill-equipped to care for them.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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Ross Adkin, Alex Stambaugh and Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 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
The rigor around data and compensation, in particular, should be easily reportable to the board, and many HR leaders are ill-equipped to get at this data.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
All of that has forced vulnerable people like Aguilar-Hurtado into extended confinement in county jails that are often ill-equipped to care for them.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 10 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 10 Apr. 2025.
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