ill-equipped

idiom

: not having the experience or preparation that is needed

He is ill-equipped to handle so much responsibility.

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People in prisons often face especially dire conditions when extreme heat hits as facilities across the U.S. are ill-equipped for blazing temperatures. —Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024

That leaves them ill-equipped when a nonprofit gets into trouble due to fraud, declining revenue, mismanagement or personnel problems. —Mary Beth Collins, The Conversation, 30 May 2024

Joy has been carefully tending this belief system, chucking Riley’s bad memories to the back of her mind, creating a happy-go-lucky kid who is totally ill-equipped for what’s coming: puberty. —Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 14 June 2024

Advertisement Joy has been carefully tending this belief system, chucking Riley’s bad memories like marbles to the back of her mind, creating a happy-go-lucky kid who is totally ill-equipped for what’s coming: puberty, along with a group of new, more complex emotions. —Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024