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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Competing in four competitions remains a beautiful novelty for a club who, two years ago, were ill-equipped to deal with a punishing Champions League group and a dreadful series of injuries. Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025 Modern workforce trends illustrate how ill-equipped the current system is to capture the rapid changes in the modern labor market. Jeff Gapusan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 And no wildflowers are more ill-equipped than poppies. Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025 But Rosenthal said the current legal framework is, overall, ill-equipped to handle the harms that might arise from, say, a deadbot grandmother spouting ads at family members. Chloe Veltman, NPR, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ill-equipped

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“Ill-equipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill-equipped. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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