ill-equipped

[il-i-kwipt]

adjective

1. badly or inadequately equipped.

   an ill-equipped army.

2. ill-prepared.

   a student ill-equipped to begin calculus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-equipped¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Related Words

• impotent 
• inadequate 
• incapable 
• ineligible 
• unable 
• unprepared 
• unqualified 
• useless