ill-equipped

phrase

: not having the experience or preparation that is needed

He is ill-equipped to handle so much responsibility.

Examples of ill-equipped in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The office’s software, too, is ill-equipped to track independent expenditures for initiatives or constitutional amendments. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2026

The service members feared the isolated base was ill-equipped to handle a mass-casualty event if the attacks continued. — Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

As Rees sees it, legacy institutions are ill-equipped to arbitrate informational or cultural truths in a network-first world. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Politicians seem completely out of their league and ill-equipped. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for ill-equipped

• chipped
• clipped
• crypt
• dipped
• dripped
• flipped
• gripped
• hipped
• lipped
• nipped
• quipped
• ripped