underequips
Provides inadequate gear
Underequips means to provide with insufficient equipment or resources.
The word typically appears in military or organizational contexts where inadequate preparation creates disadvantage: The army was underequipped for winter warfare.
A coach who underequips a team sends them out without what they need to compete.
Barely adequate amount
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- deficientHaving too little
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
inadequate · lacking · bare · limited · depleted · scarce · wanting · minimal
Not yet prepared
- ill-preparedInsufficiently equipped beforehand
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- outmatchedInferior to one's opponent
overmatched · outgunned · vulnerable · exposed · defenseless · unprotected · unarmed · naked
Imposed competitive disadvantage
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- deficitAmount still owed
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- drawbackUnfavorable feature or flaw
detriment · impairment · limitation · obstacle · hindrance · shortcoming · burden · deficiency
scant
Barely adequate amount
shortage · inadequate · lacking · bare · limited · depleted · scarce · wanting · minimal · underfunded
unready
Not yet prepared
- ill-preparedInsufficiently equipped beforehand
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
outmatched · overmatched · outgunned · vulnerable · exposed · defenseless · unprotected · unarmed · naked · helpless
handicap
Imposed competitive disadvantage
drawback · detriment · impairment · limitation · obstacle · hindrance · shortcoming · burden · deficiency · constraint
hazard
Source of potential harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
jeopardy · threat · exposure · precariousness · endangers · imperils · exposes
underequipsoverprepares
Readies beyond necessity
oversupplies · kits out · furnishes · provisions · loads up