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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
But the conversation usually stops at importance, leaving many inspired but unequipped.
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Chris Harris,
Forbes.com,
18 Feb. 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
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.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
But the conversation usually stops at importance, leaving many inspired but unequipped.
—
Chris Harris,
Forbes.com,
18 Feb. 2026
The status quo is a death sentence, and the Far Northwest Side is currently unequipped to stop it.
—
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 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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But for most of the world, and particularly for countries and companies caught unprepared, the impact on GDP is clearly downward.
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The Financial Cost Of Poor Health Planning A family can spend years optimizing a tax strategy that saves tens of thousands of dollars while simultaneously remaining unprepared for a health event that costs hundreds of thousands.
Adjective
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Officials again urged untrained civilians not to self-deploy into disaster zones.
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These dynamics result from untrained, basic human skills.
Adjective
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Over the same period, entry-level head count at the high-intensity firms rose 12%, contradicting predictions and fears that young or inexperienced workers would be most at risk of losing their jobs to AI.
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Immer and Lois work with land stewards to find projects that make sense for eager but often inexperienced volunteers.
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“Unequipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unequipped. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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