half-armed
- a word derived from armed.
Example Sentences
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So, if it boils down to a battle of wits between Cohen and Trump, I’d candidly say Trump comes into the battle only half-armed.
From Salon ● May 13, 2024
Up to the present this war has been waged between a fully armed Germany and a quarter-or half-armed British Empire.
From Time Magazine Archive
What chance—what shadow of a chance—had those poor, untrained, half-armed farmers at Concord?
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Catilina, meantime, had collected 20,000 men in Italy, but they were not half-armed, and the newly-returned proconsul, Metellus, made head against him; while the other consul, Caius Antonius, was recalled from Macedonia with his army.
From Young Folks' History of Rome by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
General Jackson, with his undisciplined and half-armed yeomanry, alone stood between the town and destruction.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
