as in unsatisfactorily
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Adverb
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The social media giant was also accused of insufficiently managing third-party access to and use of user data.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025 -
Despite his firebrand style, Kirk was frequently attacked by figures on the far edges of the right for being insufficiently radical.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Inspectors saw an employee inadequately reheating veggie meat.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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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
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My partner’s refusal to be comforted by this institutional food struck me sometimes as pointlessly obstructive and at other times as a sign of self-respect.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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Few endeavors could signal virtue as pointlessly or gratuitously.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Undesirably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undesirably. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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