Japanese literature, in spite of its beauty and riches, is as yet inadequately known in the West.
Source: tatoeba (281800)
Inadequately
Synonyms for "inadequately" (37 found)
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Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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Translations
12 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- inadequadament adv (in an inadequate manner)
French
1 entries- insuffisamment adv (in an inadequate manner)
Galician
1 entries- inadecuadamente adv (in an inadequate manner)
Georgian
4 entries- არაადეკვატურად adv (in an inadequate manner)
- არასაკმარისად adv (in an inadequate manner)
- შეუსაბამოდ adv (in an inadequate manner)
- შეუფერებლად adv (in an inadequate manner)
Italian
1 entries- inadeguatamente adv (in an inadequate manner)
Polish
2 entries- nieadekwatnie adv (in an inadequate manner)
- niedostatecznie adv (in an inadequate manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- inadequadamente adv (in an inadequate manner)
Spanish
1 entries- inadecuadamente adv (in an inadequate manner)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
We are wandering through inadequately mapped territory.
Source: tatoeba (6848559)
Low-cost community schools attempt to fill the gap, but most of these educators are inadequately trained—so one organization is now teaching the teachers.
Source: tatoeba (11810102)
The two former managers face four new charges, including conspiracy and misconduct in office, for their roles in the crisis, in which inadequately treated water from a local river corroded residential pipes carrying water to an estimated 100,000 people.
Source: tatoeba (12185379)
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