unpromisingly

adverb

as in insufficiently

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  1. insufficiently
  2. inadequately
  3. wrongly
  4. mistakenly
  5. inappropriately
  6. improperly
  7. incorrectly
Adverb
  • Like Alito’s paisanes, my Mexican family was also demonized for supposedly being insufficiently American and posing a threat to national unity.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • At times, some groups may feel overlooked or insufficiently welcomed, reminding us that inclusion is a value that must continually be expanded and reaffirmed.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of insufficiently
Adverb
  • Undermanned in the middle and inadequately equipped on the back end, Holland, a septuagenarian with four Stanley Cup rings, will have to earn every word of his reputation this summer.
    — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 28 June 2026
  • As medetomidine spreads across the country, jails that are still inadequately prepared to treat opioid withdrawal alone could face an onslaught of severe cases.
    — Hannah Harris Green, STAT, 26 June 2026
Definition of inadequately
Adverb
  • Historically, Black and brown students are more often wrongly identified as needing special education than their peers.
    — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • Based on Harper Lee's seminal novel, the movie casts Gregory Peck as lawyer Atticus Finch, who in Depression-era Alabama defends a Black man wrongly accused of raping a young white woman.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of wrongly
Adverb
  • But the hospital has not revealed the results of its investigation and declined to answer questions from NBC News concerning whether the doctor who mistakenly pronounced the boy dead remains on staff.
    — Gabriella Bachara, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Founders often mismanage their crucial first sales hire, mistakenly seeking candidates suited for large corporations.
    — Kate Morgan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of mistakenly
Adverb
  • The governor’s office inappropriately used $421,822 meant for their own office to subsidize other agencies.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • Vought’s moves also raise the risk of corruption and outside groups inappropriately influencing funding decisions.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 27 June 2026
Definition of inappropriately
Adverb
  • The most recent controversy came in January, when the county paid $135,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused Kramer of improperly slashing a property’s value by millions of dollars — then retaliating against the employee who raised alarms about it.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • The new complaint accused Bojangles of failing to adequately secure employee data, misleading workers about how safe its systems were and improperly benefiting by skimping on cybersecurity.
    — Chase Jordan July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Definition of improperly
Adverb
  • In 2021, then-F1 race director Michael Masi incorrectly applied the rules around such a situation and did not let all lapped runners overtake.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • Mistakes to Avoid While baking soda is an effective way to kill stubborn garden weeds, using this technique incorrectly can hurt your garden instead of help it.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026
Definition of incorrectly
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