unpromisingly

adverb

as in insufficiently

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  1. insufficiently
  2. inadequately
  3. wrongly
  4. mistakenly
  5. inappropriately
  6. improperly
  7. incorrectly
Adverb
  • Soenen alleges Brown officials were insufficiently responsive to her questions about the process.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Internal pressure gave the missile its structural rigidity, meaning the vehicle could buckle if insufficiently pressurized.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of insufficiently
Adverb
  • The case accused school officials of unreasonably exposing McNair to the risk of heatstroke, failing to recognize the initial symptoms and inadequately providing medical care and treatment, thus worsening McNair’s condition.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The case went before Carter, who also oversees a six-year-old case in which the city and county are accused of inadequately addressing homelessness.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of inadequately
Adverb
  • Voting rights groups had challenged the effort, noting federal data includes errors that have led to citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.
    — Patrick Marley, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The panel found that the two men, who represented themselves during their trial, had been wrongly excluded from bench conferences.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of wrongly
Adverb
  • At that point, the group had botched its first two votes, mistakenly banishing two female faithfuls.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The Salvadoran national's case became a focal point in the immigration debate after he was mistakenly deported to his home country last year.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of mistakenly
Adverb
  • The company added several safety features designed with teens in mind after several lawsuits alleged its chatbots inappropriately interacted with underage users.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Small was accused of inappropriately touching a fellow staffer at an Albany bar following a June 16 staff event.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of inappropriately
Adverb
  • The inspector general also wrote that a procurement agent improperly shared a vendor’s pricing information with the technology department on May 17, 2024, and the prices got in the hands of another vendor.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The complaint accuses Love Renaissance of improperly diverting money from Walker’s touring, recording, marketing, and merchandising budgets, while charging excessive company expenses to those accounts in bad faith.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of improperly
Adverb
  • Cybersecurity protects systems against unauthorized access and manipulation, while functional safety protects people, equipment and the environment when systems fail or behave incorrectly.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Davis incorrectly assumed the agreement protected him from speaking publicly about Shakur’s murder.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of incorrectly
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