unequipped
Example Sentences
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"The Department for Education had this evidence ahead of Benedict's inquest in July. They know what needs to be done – yet schools remain unequipped."
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
The boat was made by local villagers and was unequipped with life jackets or other safety equipment, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
It requires the criminal justice system to do something it is generally unequipped to do: acknowledge the nuance and complexity of mental illness.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2022
But in reality, it also comes with a particular pain many people are unequipped for: the scourge of logistics and bureaucracy.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022
Somehow, skidding through snow and sleet, they made it to town, but the hospital there was rural, unequipped to care for such a faint whimper of life.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
