ill-equipped

adjective

Not well equipped; lacking important resources and supplies.

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adjectiveill-equipped (comparative more ill-equipped, superlative most ill-equipped)

comparative more ill-equipped · superlative most ill-equipped

  1. Not well equipped; lacking important resources and supplies.
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    King Vajiralongkorn has stacked his privy council with generals plucked straight from the junta's cabinet; the junta has looked to the palace to help adjudicate in a long-running and volatile dispute over who should fill a vacant post at the head of Thai Buddhism, which the military government had appeared ill-equipped to handle alone.

    2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivepoorly supplied with physical equipment

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Origin

Translations

French mal outillé
  • mal outillénot well equipped
Italian mal equipaggiato
  • mal equipaggiatonot well equipped
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Chicago

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