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Antonyms for ill-equipped
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : il-i-kwipt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪl ɪˈkwɪpt |
Definition of ill-equipped
- As in unfit : adj not appropriate or suited
- As in unfit : adj not ready
- As in unqualified : adj not prepared, incompetent
- He was ruddy and robust and ill-equipped with academic dignity.
- Extract from : « The Great Gray Plague » by Raymond F. Jones
- Both armies were extremely ill-led, ill-disciplined, and ill-equipped.
- Extract from : « Napoleon's Marshals » by R. P. Dunn-Pattison
- I really am a most troublesome companion to you both, but I hope I am not often so ill-equipped.
- Extract from : « Emma » by Jane Austen
- She had but few trained soldiers, and these were ill-equipped.
- Extract from : « The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) » by James Edward Parrott
- A small force, and one ill-equipped to go up against the Baldies.
- Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton
- Most of his troops were ill-equipped, unreliable, and insubordinate.
- Extract from : « The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 » by Ralph D. Paine
- An insect excellently equipped for gathering and felting cotton is ill-equipped for cutting leaves, kneading mud or mixing resin.
- Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre
- Among them we have found both well-equipped and ill-equipped, both well-taught and ill-taught schools.
- Extract from : « Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada » by J. Harold Putnam
- Modern ingenuity has not succeeded in accomplishing very much more than was done by the ill-equipped mariners of centuries ago.
- Extract from : « The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 11, March 17, 1898 » by Various
- But missing, failing by ever so little, it left the three ill-equipped to continue the struggle on lower grounds.
- Extract from : « The Long Night » by Stanley Weyman
Synonyms for ill-equipped
- amateur
- awkward
- below par
- blundering
- bungling
- bush
- bush league
- bush-league
- butter-fingered
- can't make the grade
- clumsy
- debilitated
- decrepit
- discordant
- disqualified
- down
- dragging
- feeble
- flimsy
- heavy-handed
- ill-adapted
- ill-equipped
- ill-suited
- impotent
- improper
- inadequate
- inapplicable
- inappropriate
- incapable
- incapacitated
- incompatible
- incompetent
- incongruous
- incorrect
- ineffective
- inefficient
- ineligible
- inept
- inexpedient
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- laid low
- maladjusted
- maladroit
- mistaken
- no good
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not fit
- not up to
- out of element
- out of place
- out of shape
- poorly
- rocky
- unable
- unapt
- unbecoming
- uncongenial
- uncool
- unequipped
- unfit
- unfitted
- unhandy
- unhealthy
- unlikely
- unmeet
- unpracticed
- unprepared
- unproficient
- unpromising
- unqualified
- unskilled
- unskillful
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untrained
- useless
- valueless
- weak
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