Unresourcefully

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Lacking creativity or the ability to utilize resources effectively results in unproductive problem-solving approaches
2. Acting in a way that demonstrates a deficiency in resourcefulness leads to ineffective solutions to challenges
3. In a way that shows an absence of cleverness or skill in managing available means

Etymology: "Unresourcefully" is the adverb form of "unresourceful," which is itself "resourceful" with the negating prefix "un-" attached. "Resourceful" comes from "resource" plus "-ful," meaning full of, and "resource" traces back through French "ressource" to the Old French verb "resourdre," meaning to rise again, a sense that gradually shifted toward finding a way out of difficulty and then toward the means available for doing so. Built on that base, the word is a plain three-part formation: "un-" negates the adjective, and "-ly" turns the result into an adverb describing how something is done. It describes an action carried out without the ingenuity to make use of whatever means are at hand.

Synonyms: ineffectively

Antonyms: resourcefully