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
  • 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
  • Raman has critiqued Inside Safe as too costly and insufficiently transparent.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of insufficiently
Adverb
  • Without the federal government as a consistent partner, local efforts are inadequately supported.
    — Monitor Reader, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026
  • Indian troops were deployed to thwart Chinese advances but were reportedly inadequately supplied, underprepared, and overwhelmed.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
Definition of inadequately
Adverb
  • Palo Alto police confirmed the 49ers coach was at fault and said a clerical error led a state database to wrongly blame the other driver, a 21-year-old woman.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • But that view wrongly supposes that Abundance was meant to be its own electoral lane.
    — Ryder Kessler, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
Definition of wrongly
Adverb
  • Many brands mistakenly prioritize persuasive messaging without first earning customer consideration.
    — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • In fact, the testing partner Irregular mistakenly made such access available.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Definition of mistakenly
Adverb
  • The attempt by former HFPA members to leverage the Golden Globe Foundation, an independent nonprofit, simply to secure Golden Globes tickets is an unfortunate distraction that inappropriately diverts resources from legitimate charitable causes.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 July 2026
  • The mother wrote in the complaint that Duffey had convinced her daughter to come to his hotel room on a trip and touched her inappropriately, sent her inappropriate messages and paid her to stay quiet about it.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Definition of inappropriately
Adverb
  • The judge is accused of improperly threatening to jail the DA and two other county prosecutors.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • The filing also claims that her case was improperly transferred from juvenile court to adult court, alleging that her trial and conviction ultimately violated her constitutional rights.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of improperly
Adverb
  • Reuters — The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday that seats on hundreds of Boeing 737 MAX jets registered in the US were incorrectly installed and need to be fixed.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Senior engineering judgment—the ability to spot a bad architecture, understand why a system will fail under load, know when a business rule has been encoded incorrectly—has always been built through years of junior-level struggle.
    — Vaibhav Gujral, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of incorrectly
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“Unpromisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpromisingly. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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