ろくにない

Meaning & usage

Not sufficiently; not satisfactorily; not properly; not well; hardly | A structure that is used to indicate that something animate does not or cannot do something satisfactorily/sufficiently/properly.

Example sentences 6

1. せっかくデパートまで買い物に出かけたのに、買い物中気分が悪くなってろくに買い物もせずに帰って来た。

   I went shopping, and got as far as to a department store, but I came home without even shopping properly because I felt sick while shopping.

2. ろくに勉強もしないで試験を受けたので、全然出来なかった。

   I took the exam without studying properly, so it was a disaster (literally: I couldn't do well at all).

3. 僕の犬はろくに芸もしない。

   My dog hardly does any tricks

4. 彼はフランスのことなどろくに知らないのに、よく知っているような口を利く。

   He hardly knows about France, but he talks as if he knew a lot about it.

5. 短いパリ滞在だったので、彼女とはろくに会えなかった。

   It was such a short stay in Paris that I hardly met with her.

6. 飛行機の中ではろくに寝られなかった。

   On the plane I couldn't sleep well.