unequipped

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unequip

comparative more unequipped · superlative most unequipped

1. Without equipment.
2. Not given the appropriate tools to deal with a situation.

   At six years of age, he was unequipped to deal with the death of his parents.

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   The only overlap is that fitters of the electric side are responsible for repairing electrical faults in the diesel multiple-units, but even this has led to trouble, as diesel fitters called out to repair a multiple-unit, having diagnosed the fault as electrical, have been unequipped to deal with it.

   1961 August, M. C. Casson, “Motive power transition in the Liverpool area”, in Trains Illustrated, page 476