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Recent Examples of unequipped
With few resources to train or familiarize staff with AI, agencies are often left with a workforce frustrated or unequipped to experiment and use it.
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Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
The hotel’s tiny elevators, hilariously unequipped for modern Cannes realities like couture gowns and glam teams, routinely force strangers into uncomfortable proximity.
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Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Because of that, many are unequipped to adequately plead their case and fight for due process.
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Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
But the few concrete actions the prime minister has sought to take, such as the deployment of a British aircraft carrier, have taken far longer to implement than expected and have signaled a military unequipped to respond efficiently to threats.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
The status quo is a death sentence, and the Far Northwest Side is currently unequipped to stop it.
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Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
But an explosive row broke out between the hierarchy and Nuno, who felt the squad was unequipped for the schedule’s demands.
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Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
About how heartbreakingly unequipped this country is to treat those suffering with memory illnesses.
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Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
Humans may be biologically unequipped to handle the relentless pace and pressures of modern life, a new study suggests, with chronic stress emerging as a significant evolutionary mismatch in the industrialized world.
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Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2025
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
The hotel’s tiny elevators, hilariously unequipped for modern Cannes realities like couture gowns and glam teams, routinely force strangers into uncomfortable proximity.
—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Because of that, many are unequipped to adequately plead their case and fight for due process.
—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
But the few concrete actions the prime minister has sought to take, such as the deployment of a British aircraft carrier, have taken far longer to implement than expected and have signaled a military unequipped to respond efficiently to threats.
—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
The status quo is a death sentence, and the Far Northwest Side is currently unequipped to stop it.
—
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
But an explosive row broke out between the hierarchy and Nuno, who felt the squad was unequipped for the schedule’s demands.
—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
About how heartbreakingly unequipped this country is to treat those suffering with memory illnesses.
—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
Humans may be biologically unequipped to handle the relentless pace and pressures of modern life, a new study suggests, with chronic stress emerging as a significant evolutionary mismatch in the industrialized world.
—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unequipped
Adjective
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That list includes Switzerland, Britain, and Norway, and all of those places, the study warns, are unprepared.
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Passing a child who is unprepared may be the cruelest act of all.
Adjective
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The earliest historians of midwifery argued that this was a progressive story of the triumph of expertise and science and reason over the superstitions and backward practices of untrained female midwives.
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Beyond that, though, the Americans cannot afford to start with a thud, not with so many untrained eyes finally paying attention.
Adjective
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The subtext beneath that statement is that Syd recognizes why Tina might be loath to take orders from a boss who is younger and, relative to Carmy, inexperienced in the business.
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Army investigations have repeatedly pointed to the same factors contributing to fatal training incidents including sleep deprivation, inadequate training and inexperienced leaders supervising high-risk exercises.
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“Unequipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unequipped. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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