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Definition of Ill-equipped
1. Adjective. Poorly supplied with physical equipment. "The school was ill-equipped"
Definition of Ill-equipped
1. Adjective. Not well equipped; lacking important resources and supplies ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill-equipped
Literary usage of Ill-equipped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Equipment of the Workers: An Enquiry (1919)
"Similarly with a case you are not quite sure of allocating under " Ill- equipped."
Note i.—We want Class I (" Well-equipped ") to be a rather small and ..."
2. Childhood and Character: An Introduction to the Study of the Religious Life by Hugh Hartshorne (1919)
"As each generation grows up, those naturally well equipped forge ahead, and those
ill equipped get further and further behind. The ill equipped make ..."
3. Sir Thomas Maitland, the Mastery of the Mediteranean: The Mastery of the by Walter Frewen Lord (1897)
"He was thus both well and ill equipped for the part of financial reformer: well
equipped in that he was himself independent, ill equipped in that his ..."
4. Career Guidance and Public Policy: Bridging the Gap by Richard Sweet (2004)
"Career guidance services in many countries' tertiary education systems are
ill-equipped to handle these challenges. Commonly they are limited in scale. ..."
5. How Third World Rural Households Adapt to Dietary Energy Stress: The by Philip Payne, Michael Lipton (1994)
"Large people are ill-equipped to handle prolonged food shortages. They are also
ill-equipped to work in humid heat (Lee 1977), so it cannot be said with ..."
6. America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science by Susan R. Singer, Margaret L. Hilton, Heidi A. Schweingruber (2005)
"The highest percentage of ill-equipped schools was in central cities, followed
by urban fringes or large towns, and the smallest percentage of ill-equipped ..."
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