unpromisingly

adverb

as in insufficiently

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  1. insufficiently
  2. inadequately
  3. wrongly
  4. mistakenly
  5. inappropriately
  6. improperly
  7. incorrectly
Adverb
  • The group had been considering revoking the endorsement of the council member over her views on Israel, which some considered insufficiently tough.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • At an October debate, Bass pointed out that Raman, as chair of the city council’s housing and homelessness committee, had repeatedly approved spending on Inside Safe, the very program Raman now criticizes as expensive and insufficiently accountable.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of insufficiently
Adverb
  • However, his excavations focused largely on major artifacts while leaving other parts of the tombs unexplored and inadequately documented.
    — Anne Doran for ARTnews, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Jackson County used flawed property value assessments, inadequately notified taxpayers, conducted substandard inspections and had poor oversight, according to a scathing report from Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of inadequately
Adverb
  • Defense attorneys have maintained that Rinderknecht was wrongly accused.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Investigators also said four businesses that rented space in buildings Espinosa owned wrongly received $40,000 in grants.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of wrongly
Adverb
  • Defending Main Street said its vendor mistakenly spent about $25,000 on anti-Jackson ads in Portland, Oregon, instead of Portland, Maine.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • On election night, her office mistakenly sent an unofficial absentee vote file twice because the first one didn't initially appear to send.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of mistakenly
Adverb
  • Moore was convicted in 2013 in an unrelated incident of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old boy.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Literally days before leaving office, the former Biden Under Secretary used the stroke of a (digital) pen to inappropriately expand the closed-school discharge period for certain institutions targeted by the previous Administration.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of inappropriately
Adverb
  • The case began to fall apart in April, after a federal judge ruled a customs officer improperly canceled Petrova’s visa over the incident.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Two large containers of cooked bean were improperly cooling in the walk-in refrigerator.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of improperly
Adverb
  • The system, which scans a barcode on the ballot, incorrectly flagged some ballots as wrong, preventing voters from checking in until the issue was resolved.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Wright was removed from the ballot two weeks ago by Broward Circuit Judge Michael Robinson, who determined that Wright incorrectly filled out qualifying forms by listing himself as his campaign’s deputy treasurer.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of incorrectly
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