Inadequately

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inadequate \In*ad"e*quate\, a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F.
     inad['e]quat.]
     Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient;
     deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions,
     representations, etc. --Dryden. -- {In*ad"e*quate*ly}, adv.
     -- {In*ad"e*quate*ness}, n.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inadequately
       adv : in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree; "the
             temporary camps were inadequately equipped" [ant: {adequately}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "inadequately":
     by halves, defectively, deficiently, dissatisfactorily, faultily,
     imperfectly, in half measures, in installments, inadeptly,
     inadmissibly, inaptly, incapably, incompetently, incompletely,
     inefficiently, ineptly, inexpertly, insufficiently, intolerably,
     objectionably, partially, poorly, unacceptably, unaptly, undeftly,
     undesirably, undexterously, unfacilely, unfitly, ungratifyingly,
     unproficiently, unsatisfactorily, unsatisfyingly, unskillfully,
     unsubstantially, unsuitably