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The black farmers who took over the land were ill equipped in terms of farming skills and capital to maintain production.

The police are ill-equipped and the army is still making the tricky switch from a guerrilla movement to a professional national force.

Food, shelter and preventing the spread of water-borne diseases are the priorities for a country ill-equipped to deal with such an event.

The backward peasant is ill equipped to cope with this instrument that has suddenly been thrust into his hands.

D. , when he retired in 1991, Tata was a group of companies ill-equipped to deal with the changes about to sweep through India.

First is the recognition that Siemens engineers in Germany are ill-equipped to understand the needs of the developing world consumer.

To critics, Mr. Zardari's personal history makes him ill-equipped to pull the country together in a time of crisis.

And yet many departments complain of being ill-equipped to monitor social-networking chatter.

Ever since Indonesia declared independence in 1945, the police had been the neglected, ill-equipped little brother of the army.

They may be over-cautious, ill-equipped to judge new ideas and, although expert in some areas, unable to spot potential innovations.

Ill-equipped to evaluate these claims, the reader suspects they are at least partially untrue.

But these engineers would be ill-equipped to work in any other area. also, the range of courses taught would be unfeasibly large.

No wonder: its authoritarianism is ill-equipped to let people air grievances peacefully.

The Beijing to London handover shows how ill equipped we are to deal with an event of this scale.

Right now, in other words, the western financial system is stuck with a legal structure that seems ill-equipped to cope.

As a founder CEO myself, I find the suggestion that a founder is somehow ill-equipped to lead a company to be entirely misguided.

The opposition parties, wrangling over "unity" candidates for parliament, are ill equipped to deal with this onslaught.

Chinese banks seem ill equipped to handle asset growth like this.

Conflicts in its north Caucasus republics have flared again. Its armed forces are woefully ill-equipped and poorly trained.

And its big but ill-equipped armed forces, perhaps the navy aside, trouble no military planners outside of South Asia.

Commercial fishermen that typically have rights to fish in specific areas will be ill equipped for the massive migration of their prey.

Yet the civilian law enforcers remain under trained, ill-equipped and hampered by a massive inferiority complex.

They do not ask the right questions to gauge project progress, and they are ill-equipped to provide appropriate management guidance.

The rich-country club (plus Russia), representing a minority of the world's population, appears ill-equipped for the challenges.

We know from the history of European financial crises that politicians are ill-equipped to communicate with the financial markets.

The mixed message is a reminder that the US economy has problems that economists are currently ill-equipped to solve.

He was ill-equipped to be the first US President of the new millennium.

Despite its efforts, the continent is ill-equipped to deal with the consequences of climate change.

Poor communities and fragile economies are ill-equipped to absorb the shocks of natural disasters and violent conflicts.

Designed to fight tank - battles against Indians, it is ill-equipped to take on Pushtun guerrillas in their mountainous terrain.

In fact, the conference concluded that global companies, including many in Britain, are woefully ill-equipped to nurture such leaders.

Still another stole food and uniforms, leaving his soldiers underfed and ill equipped for the winter.

Ill-equipped to face the winter on this estranged place they were ravaged thoroughly.

Originally, the tune made fun of the poorly dressed and ill-equipped New England soldiers.

That poor young man-Ali Yasuf, I mean-was ill equipped to cope with corruption and treachery.

The unit was ill-equipped to take on a major corruption investigation, let alone one in Mexico.

The authorities are also too under-staffed and ill equipped to test samples regularly on a large scale.

Pitkeathley, in her 60s , says she still feels ill-equipped for everyday battles .

But it remains ill-equipped to handle the increasing demands placed on it.

The criminal justice system is seen by many as ill-equipped to meet women's needs.

The might of the army is "invincible, " according to state media but the refugees are rather cynical about the ill equipped force.

Its armed forces are woefully ill-equipped and poorly trained.

This means that if we expect to gain happiness only from pleasure, we are ill equipped to deal with suffering.

Too often these days, the people come ill-equipped, and their work environments stink.

But most parents aren't evil. They're just ill equipped.

Customs is ill-equipped to catch them.

We are ill-equipped to produce this auto part.

This second group is likely to influence new speakers more and will be ill equipped because they were not born into the language.

Why are they so ill-equipped?

The government's own troops are ill-equipped and rarely paid.

Security companies may be ill-equipped to deal with pirates;

an inexperienced teacher who was ill-equipped to deal with such children

ill-equipped to try technical cases