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ill-equipped
[ il-i-kwipt ]
adjective
- badly or inadequately equipped:
an ill-equipped army.
- ill-prepared:
a student ill-equipped to begin calculus.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ill-equipped1
Example Sentences
Remember Y2K, the impending doom that would befall us all when ill-equipped computer systems switched from “99” to “00” at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 1999?
About 40% of the teachers who responded also said they felt ill-equipped to handle such conduct.
New administrators parachuted in to caretake a vast sprawling business would be ill-equipped to take on the task of turning around a company whose new management insists had formulated a clear plan.
Graham says his son and his comrades, who hailed from all over the world and had varying degrees of military experience, were "totally ill-equipped" and used as "cannon fodder".
As self-dramatizing as she is self-effacing, the character is ill-equipped for everyday life.
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