inadequately

1. 1.

   in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree

   “the temporary camps were inadequately equipped”

   Antonymsadequately

Questions about inadequately

What does inadequately mean?

inadequately means "in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree".

How many syllables are in inadequately?

inadequately has 5 syllables: inad-eq-ua-te-ly. The stress falls on "eq". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈnædəkwətli/.

What is the opposite of inadequately?

The recorded antonyms are adequately.

Is inadequately a common word?

inadequately is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.