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Discover LudwigThe word 'ill-equipped' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe someone or something that does not have the necessary tools or materials to complete a task. For example: "The firefighters were ill-equipped to handle the fire, so they had to request backup."
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ill-equipped
adjective
Not well equipped; lacking important resources and supplies
Exact(56)
The police are, at best, ill-equipped.
Many were ill-equipped to cope.
They are ill-equipped to do it.
Even so, its soldiers are ill-equipped.
It is ill-equipped to do so.
It is that they are ill-equipped.
I am so ill-equipped to say.
And HIP was ill-equipped for these battles.
Similar(3)
They were ill equipped to counter the invasion.
The rebels remain ill equipped and materially outmatched.
You cannot win a war with an ill equipped arsenal.
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