as in insufficiently
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Adverb
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Officials in Brussels, Berlin, and Paris viewed early proposals as overly concessive to Moscow, insufficiently safeguarding Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity — particularly regarding Donbas, Crimea, and possible concessions beyond current lines of control.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Those who have recently fallen into homelessness and, with temporary support, have the greatest chance of achieving self-sufficiency are typically deemed insufficiently vulnerable.—
Christopher Calton,
Oc Register,
4 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Eventually an analyst was hired to work alongside her, which still left the department grossly understaffed.—
Vanity Fair,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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In fact, at 7,000 rooms, the county might be grossly unprepared to meet the county’s hospital demand of, say, 2030.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
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Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Brown then tried to ride the anti-tax, spending-limit movement into the White House two years later — but failed miserably.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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But the presence of these compounds in grapes failed miserably as a diagnostic for smoke taint.—
Nicola Twilley,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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This is egregiously harmful negligence.—
Nicolee Ambrose,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Jan. 2026
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The theatergoer became disruptive to the show and, perhaps most egregiously, to LuPone herself.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
17 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Kardashian was in court to share new details from a horrific assault in the name of seeking justice; to comment meanly on her outfit would have been a weird move.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2025
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At Artnet, Walter assembled a motley crew of writers, including the unstoppable Charlie Finch, who would meanly attack everyone.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Inferiorly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferiorly. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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