INADEQUATELY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

inadequately

adverb

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as in poorly

in an unsatisfactory way she did the job quickly, but inadequately

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Recent Examples of inadequately Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished. —

Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2026 Issues such as menopause and perimenopause, endometriosis and Alzheimer’s disease — conditions that exclusively or disproportionately affect women — remain inadequately studied. —

Michelle Kaufman, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026 Scally had already struggled after dealing inadequately with a cross, which let the high-flying visitors score their first. —

Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026 The attorney general's office also said, because the district did not show how the plaintiffs could only inadequately represent them, intervention of right was not an available option, and that intervention would unnecessarily prolong the case. —

Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2026 The titular role highlighted her distinctive looks and personality including long blonde hair and an attitude sometimes inadequately described as pouty. —

Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2025 Ditto for if a person is inadequately dressed or exposed to wind that strips away the thin insulating layer of warm air near the skin. —

Daryl Austin, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025 The restaurant was inadequately reheating foods inside the steam table, including black beans, tomato sauce and mashed potatoes. —

Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025 Each said the department's practices are inadequately protecting students. —

Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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Poor sleep affects everyone Ninety-five percent of all caregivers agreed that good sleep is essential to overall family function, and nearly 80% said their own sleep suffers when their child sleeps poorly, the poll found.

— Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Ground-penetrating radar can detect nonmetallic objects but performs poorly in wet or uneven terrain, or ground covered by vegetation, and often generates high false-alarm rates.

— Sagar Lekhak, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026