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ill-equipped

[il-i-kwipt]

adjective

  1. badly or inadequately equipped.

    an ill-equipped army.

  2. ill-prepared.

    a student ill-equipped to begin calculus.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-equipped1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Italy's government on Thursday offered to treat Adam after an appeal from his uncle, Dr Ali al-Najjar, who told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper that the Nasser hospital was ill-equipped to treat him.

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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?

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About 40% of the teachers who responded also said they felt ill-equipped to handle such conduct.

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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.

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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".

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