Inadequately
Inadequately adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Usage example: she did the job quickly, but inadequately
Incorrectly and inadequately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incorrectly" instead an adverb "Inadequately".
Nearby Words: inadequate, inadequacy
Incorrectly
Incorrectly adverb - In a mistaken or inappropriate way.
Usage example: you incorrectly identified the part of speech of one of the words in the sentence
Inadequately and incorrectly are semantically related. You can use "Inadequately" instead an adverb "Incorrectly".
Nearby Words: incorrect, incorrectness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poorly and inadequately
- poorly and incorrectly
- badly and inadequately
- badly and incorrectly
- amiss and inadequately
- amiss and incorrectly
- insufficiently and inadequately
- insufficiently and incorrectly
- carelessly and inadequately
- carelessly and incorrectly
- crudely and inadequately
- crudely and incorrectly
- wrongly and inadequately
- wrongly and incorrectly
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