ill-equipped
Example Sentences
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Yet many proved ill-equipped to recognize those forces when directed at Jews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Unfortunately, clinicians are ill-equipped to predict who will need help.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
We’d have far fewer ill-equipped managers and unhappy employees if people were more honest with themselves about whether they have the desire or ability to empathize with others and invest in their career growth.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Europe braced Wednesday for another day of an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed records in many countries and sent air conditioner sales zooming in a continent unused and ill-equipped to handle searing heat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Greek philosophers were unable to untie that bundle; therefore, they were ill-equipped to solve Zeno’s puzzle.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
