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ill-equipped

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ill-e·quipped (l-kwpt)
adj.
Poorly or inadequately equipped.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ill-equipped - poorly supplied with physical equipment; "the school was ill-equipped"
unequipped - without necessary physical or intellectual equipment; "guerrillas unequipped for a pitched battle"; "unequipped for jobs in a modern technological society"
Translations
ill-equipped [ˈɪlɪˈkwɪpt] ADJ [expedition etc] → mal equipado
he was ill-equipped for the taskno estaba preparado para esa tarea
the prisons are ill-equipped to cope with such large numberslas cárceles carecen del equipamiento necesario para acoger a tanta población reclusa
ill-equipped [ɪlɪˈkwɪpt] adj (lacking necessary qualities) → impreparato/a; (lacking equipment) → mal equipaggiato/a
they were ill-equipped for the part → non avevano i requisiti necessari per la parte
ill-equipped [ɪlɪˈkwɪpt] adj (lacking necessary qualities) → impreparato/a; (lacking equipment) → mal equipaggiato/a
they were ill-equipped for the part → non avevano i requisiti necessari per la parte


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Terribly armed for battle as they are, man presents to them in his primal state an easy prey, slow of foot, puny of strength, ill-equipped by nature with natural weapons of defense.
It was as if he had studied at the university himself, instead of being ill-equipped from browsing at haphazard through the books in the library.
They were not too abundantly provisioned, and they were put on short rations, and for all the thick garments they had, they were but ill-equipped against the piercing wind and inhospitable violence of this wilderness.
 
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