ill-equipped
Example Sentences
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Ill-equipped hospitals have been struggling to accommodate the injured, who now number more than 1,600.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023
Ill-equipped by temperament or inclination to upset corporate interests, the FSA has gently cajoled the food industry into curbing its worst excesses by getting companies to sign up to voluntary agreements and promising-sounding pledges.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013
Ill-equipped to evaluate these claims, the reader suspects they are at least partially untrue.
From Slate • Oct. 12, 2011
Ill-equipped, scantily trained, the U. S. Army had put itself on a stage where its public could see it in all its deficiencies.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Ill-equipped as she was to be a mother, she called softly, “Cree.”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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