"ill-equipped" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more ill-equipped [comparative], most ill-equipped [superlative]
Etymology: ill (adverb) + equipped Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ill#Adverb|equipped|alt1=ill|pos1=adverb}} ill (adverb) + equipped Head templates: {{en-adj}} ill-equipped (comparative more ill-equipped, superlative most ill-equipped)
  1. Not well equipped; lacking important resources and supplies. Translations (not well equipped): mal outillé [masculine] (French), mal equipaggiato [masculine] (Italian), mal equipaggiata [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-ill-equipped-en-adj-WHuv8skJ Disambiguation of 'not well equipped': 92 8
  2. Mentally unprepared for a situation or task.
    Sense id: en-ill-equipped-en-adj-sDB-rIK4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 30 70 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 28 72

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