inadequately
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4.4
- adverb
- /ˌɪnəˈkwɑːdɪtli/
:
inadecuadamente
- The project was inadequately funded, resulting in delays and incomplete work.
- inadequately prepared
- inadequately trained
- inadequately addressed
Examples
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Many children go undernourished, are inadequately clothed, and live in substandard housing.
Academic text (1992) -
On the other hand, mothers deemed themselves inadequately informed about what teachers expect of their children.
Academic text (1991) -
Unfortunately, a survey of the literature shows that the role of trust has been inadequately covered.
Academic text (2008) -
In what areas of this graduate's job do you believe he or she was inadequately prepared?
Academic text (2008) -
The economic expansion of this industry is often compromised by an inadequately developed infrastructure for processing these products.
Academic text (1993) -
The specialized needs of these patients are inadequately addressed by hospitals, alternate site delivery systems, and funding sources.
Academic text (1994) -
The overwhelming message of these stakeholders was that schools were inadequately addressing the educational needs of students with ASD.
Academic text (2015) -
The apartment was dim and austere, a single room, inadequately heated, with a kitchen area at one end.
Fiction book (2000) -
The concurrent emotions are inadequately conveyed by any words I might be able to conjure.
Academic text (2011) -
Both objective and subjective measures of retirement have been criticized as inadequately reflecting changes in women's labor-force status.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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1.4
In a bad or unsuccessful way
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4.7
In a way that is not enough to meet a need or standard
2
3.4
Partly done and not finished
1
5.6
In a way that does not meet what is needed
1
6.8
In a small way that is not enough
In a way that does not have enough of what is needed
In a weak and unimportant way that gives little real support
Antonyms
How Adequate
Surface Forms
Morphology
inadequately = inadequate (transparent) = in + adequate + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'inadequate' with '-ly' and keeps the same meaning straightforwardly.
Etymology
Inadequately starts with in- meaning 'not' and contains adequate, which comes from a root meaning 'equal' or 'good enough', like the familiar word equal. The ending -ly turns it into a way of doing something, so inadequately means doing something 'not well enough' or 'not enough'.