An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
INADEQUATELY
inadequately
(adverb) in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree; “the temporary camps were inadequately equipped”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
inadequately (comparative more inadequately, superlative most inadequately)
In an inadequate manner.
Antonyms
• adequately
Source: Wiktionary
INADEQUATE
In*ad"e*quate, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F. inadéquat.]
Definition: Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. Dryden.
– In*ad"e*quate*ly, adv.
– In*ad"e*quate*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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