unpromisingly

adverb

as in insufficiently

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  1. insufficiently
  2. inadequately
  3. wrongly
  4. mistakenly
  5. inappropriately
  6. improperly
  7. incorrectly
Adverb
  • Yet many still fail to reach their full potential because the directors are insufficiently engaged, inadequately challenged or possibly confined to narrow definitions of their role.
    — James Langabeer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The university determined that Verster was insufficiently transparent because he had been paid through his own company for studies that cited his university affiliation.
    — Ashley Okwuosa, STAT, 30 July 2026
Definition of insufficiently
Adverb
  • Most social media platforms already have a minimum age to register an account, but governments, parents, and child safety advocates argue that these checks are easy to bypass and inadequately enforced.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Yet many still fail to reach their full potential because the directors are insufficiently engaged, inadequately challenged or possibly confined to narrow definitions of their role.
    — James Langabeer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of inadequately
Adverb
  • Many of the resulting news stories, in Ruff’s view, wrongly credited the metal lumps with oxygenating the atmosphere or helping give rise to life.
    — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Lexie Hudson, Gilman's sister, commented on his release in a press release sent by Global Reach, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing home Americans who are wrongly held abroad.
    — Mariam Khan, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrongly
Adverb
  • In January, Trooper Joshua Fitzgerald mistakenly rammed the wrong vehicle during a pursuit on Interstate 630 in Little Rock.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Consider a scenario in which an AI agent mistakenly updates thousands of customer records or pushes inaccurate data into multiple business systems.
    — Rick Vanover, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of mistakenly
Adverb
  • Axios first reported allegations in May about Edwards allegedly having behaved inappropriately toward his young female staff.
    — Jeff Ballou, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Police in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, released surveillance video of a suspect accused of inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl inside a Dollar Tree store Monday afternoon.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of inappropriately
Adverb
  • Callaway was charged with violating his oath of office, improperly requesting or sharing criminal history information, unlawfully retaining license plate data and three counts of stalking.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Georgia has seen dozens of cases of law enforcement agents improperly using data from Flock cameras, leading to resignations, suspensions and even arrests.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of improperly
Adverb
  • The lawsuit argued that the new rules incorrectly preempt states’ powers to regulate how the interest generated by mortgage escrow accounts is handled.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Wangsaporn incorrectly told Kim that Rhiannon Do no longer worked for Warner Wellness, the auditor said.
    — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of incorrectly
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