INADEQUATELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inadequately mean? 

• INADEQUATELY (adverb)
  The adverb INADEQUATELY has 1 sense:

1. in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree

  Familiarity information: INADEQUATELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INADEQUATELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree

Context example:

the temporary camps were inadequately equipped

Antonym:

adequately (in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree)

Pertainym:

inadequate (lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task)

 Context examples 

A severe, often fatal encephalopathy which has been attributed to accumulation in the brain of aluminum from dialysate prepared with inadequately purified water.

(Dialysis Encephalopathy, NCI Thesaurus)