ill-equipped

To write a children’s book free from moral judgment means accepting that maybe fortune really does favor the brave, the ill-equipped, and those emboldened by self-belief if nothing else.

"It's a brutal system and I feel ill-equipped to deal with it," Susan says.

The new president’s plan also relies heavily on the military, though experts say troops are ill-equipped for a law-enforcement role.

They would also need to negotiate with other governments — some uncooperative, others ill-equipped — to verify immigrants’ identities and accept them, and then find airplanes to send people back, she said.

Many of the shelters are plagued by lack of maintenance, ill-equipped to handle large numbers of evacuees.