Meanings
comparative more inadequately · superlative most inadequately
- In an inadequate manner.
Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out.
1959 February 28, “Letters to the Editor: Open-Type Coaches on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 135
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan inadequadament
- inadequadamentin an inadequate manner
French insuffisamment
- insuffisammentin an inadequate manner
Italian inadeguatamente
- inadeguatamentein an inadequate manner
Polish nieadekwatnie, niedostatecznie
- nieadekwatniein an inadequate manner
- niedostateczniein an inadequate manner
Portuguese inadequadamente
- inadequadamentein an inadequate manner
Spanish inadecuadamente
- inadecuadamentein an inadequate manner
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