unpromisingly

adverb

as in insufficiently

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpromisingly
  1. insufficiently
  2. inadequately
  3. wrongly
  4. mistakenly
  5. inappropriately
  6. improperly
  7. incorrectly
Adverb
  • Like Alito’s paisanes, my Mexican family was also demonized for supposedly being insufficiently American and posing a threat to national unity.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • At times, some groups may feel overlooked or insufficiently welcomed, reminding us that inclusion is a value that must continually be expanded and reaffirmed.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of insufficiently
Adverb
  • Indian troops were deployed to thwart Chinese advances but were reportedly inadequately supplied, underprepared, and overwhelmed.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
  • Undermanned in the middle and inadequately equipped on the back end, Holland, a septuagenarian with four Stanley Cup rings, will have to earn every word of his reputation this summer.
    — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 28 June 2026
Definition of inadequately
Adverb
  • People get denied benefits, misrouted or wrongly flagged, and no breach ever triggers an alarm.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The number of people wrongly registered grew by more than 100 by last year, but the state found that only about 30 ineligible voters had cast ballots.
    — Geoff Mulvihill, Twin Cities, 21 July 2026
Definition of wrongly
Adverb
  • An earlier version of this article mistakenly listed John Thune’s home state as North Dakota.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 July 2026
  • Still, there are some animal behaviors that are perhaps easier to explain, such as mistakenly engaging in dusk or dawn routines.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
Definition of mistakenly
Adverb
  • Obviously, this promotion took place before the allegations of him inappropriately extending the long arm of the law were made.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • By that logic, should prescription opioids for acute pain be abandoned because they have sometimes been prescribed inappropriately?
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026
Definition of inappropriately
Adverb
  • The White House alleged that Moonshot improperly used Nvidia chips and Anthropic’s Fable model to create Kimi K3, whose advanced capabilities caused a US tech selloff last week reminiscent of the DeepSeek shock.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
  • The letter also said the Department of Justice, under Blanche's leadership, improperly released files including the names and personal identifying information of victims, while allegedly failing to investigate Epstein's associates.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of improperly
Adverb
  • Guardrails, if installed incorrectly or poorly maintained, can kill, rather than save, motorists who crash into them.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
  • Most pre-retirees — 54% — incorrectly expect Medicare will cover all of their health expenses, according to Fidelity research.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Definition of incorrectly
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