inadequately

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Recent Examples of inadequately Each said the department's practices are inadequately protecting students. Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025 Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished. Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025 Decades of underfunding and under-research mean women are still diagnosed late, treated inadequately, and left to manage conditions that could have been prevented or better addressed. Maria Shriver, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 For most of the nearly 20% of kindergartners who haven’t had their full schedule of shots, their families have never requested an exemption; the children are simply inadequately immunized. Jason Kane, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025 Inspectors saw an employee inadequately reheating veggie meat. Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025 If soils have been dry or inadequately irrigated, consider harvesting nearly ripe fruit before rainstorm events to avoid cracking. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025 Kennedy has long called for an investigation into childhood shots, saying they have been inadequately studied. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025 Before the advent of electronic health records (EHRs), these encounters were often inadequately documented. Sameer Ather, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadequately
Adverb
  • Ohtani didn’t fare so poorly himself, hitting a two-run home run in the seventh inning off Braydon Fisher.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Unfortunately, a major drug trial for a new indication went poorly.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The €286m spent on players since 2022 has largely been spent badly and on other coaches.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, the behavior didn't seem to hurt of of their careers too badly.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Remember, too much of a good thing can turn bad quickly!
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • That started off bad and got better.
    Vulture, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2023

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“Inadequately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadequately. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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