unequipped

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of unequip

adj

1. Without equipment.
2. Not given the appropriate tools to deal with a situation.

   “At six years of age, he was unequipped to deal with the death of his parents.”

   “The only overlap is that fitters of the electric side are responsible for repairing electrical faults in the diesel multiple-units, but even this has led to trouble, as diesel fitters called out to repair a multiple-unit, having diagnosed the fault as electrical, have been unequipped to deal with it.”