Meanings
adjectiveunderequipped (comparative more underequipped, superlative most underequipped)
comparative more underequipped · superlative most underequipped
- Lacking sufficient equipment
[…] Live Bait Theater will offer an artistic haven to Chicago performance artists, who have traditionally presented their work in one- or two-night engagements in out-of-the-way, underequipped spaces.
1988 September 9, Justin Hayford, “Opening Nights: making the world safe for performance art”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Englishequipped
- Englishunderequipped
Translations
French sous-équipé
- sous-équipéLacking sufficient equipment
Cite this entry
APA
underequipped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underequipped
MLA
“underequipped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underequipped. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underequipped,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underequipped.
Source: underequipped on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.