Meanings
comparative more ill-equipped · superlative most ill-equipped
- Not well equipped; lacking important resources and supplies.
1 more example
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 - Mentally unprepared for a situation or task.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepoorly supplied with physical equipment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French mal outillé
- mal outillénot well equipped
Italian mal equipaggiato
- mal equipaggiatonot well equipped
Cite this entry
ill-equipped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-equipped
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