<strong>ろくに</strong>演技（えんぎ）もでき<strong>ない</strong>のに、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='167'>テレビ</span>ドラマのオファーがきた。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='564'>彼（かれ）</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='82'>ケーキ</span>を焼（や）くどころか、シンプルな<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='626'>料理（りょうり）</span>さえ<strong>ろくに</strong>でき<strong>ない</strong>。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='733'>毎日（まいにち）</span>、うちの<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='791'>猫（ねこ）</span>に起（お）こされるせいで<strong>ろくに</strong>寝（ね）られ<strong>ない</strong>。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='920'>英語（えいご）</span>を<strong>ろくに</strong>知（し）ら<strong>ない</strong>のに<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='782'>父（ちち）</span>が<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='459'>外国（がいこく）</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='299'>人（じん）</span>のカップルに<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1011'>道（みち）</span>を教（おし）えようとした。

<strong>ろくに</strong>稽古（けいこ）もせ<strong>ず</strong>ステージに出（で）て、悲惨（ひさん）なことになった。

<strong>ろくに</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='610'>掃除（そうじ）</span>もし<strong>ない</strong>のに、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='187'>なぜ</span>か洗剤（せんざい）を<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='715' data-vocab-id='746'>たくさん</span>持（も）っている。

<strong>ろくに</strong>宣伝（せんでん）もせ<strong>ず</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='549'>店（みせ）</span>を始（はじ）めたから、<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='714' data-vocab-id='964'>誰（だれ）</span>も来（き）てくれない。

<strong>ろくに</strong>修行（しゅぎょう）もせ<strong>ず</strong>に始（はじ）めた蕎麦（そば）屋（や）が<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='187'>なぜ</span>か大人気（だいにんき）だ。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='564'>彼（かれ）</span>は<strong>ろくに</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='397'>勉強（べんきょう）</span>もしてい<strong>ない</strong>のに、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='187'>なぜ</span>か大学院（だいがくいん）に<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='360' data-vocab-id='992'>まで</span>行（い）けた。

<strong>ろくに</strong>体操（たいそう）もせ<strong>ず</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1009'>運動（うんどう）</span>したから怪我（けが）をしてしまった。

<strong>ろくに</strong>準備（じゅんび）もしてい<strong>ない</strong>のに、ショップをオープンさせた。

<strong>ろくに</strong>知識（ちしき）も<strong>ない</strong>のに田（た）んぼに挑戦（ちょうせん）したが、やっぱり失敗（しっぱい）した。

Additional example sentences and breakdown

<div class='writeup-body'>When the adverb 陸（ろく）に 'satisfactorily' appears in ない sentences, it indicates that (A) is 'not satisfactory', 'not enough', or 'not being done properly'. This grammar pattern appears at the beginning of phrases, before the (B) part of the sentence will include a ない word, often a verb in its potential form.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>息子（むすこ）は英語（えいご）を<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>ろくに</span>話（はな）せ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>ない</span>のに、アメリカにひとりで行（い）くそうだ。大丈夫（だいじょうぶ）かな。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Apparently my son is going to the States, even though he can barely speak English. I hope he will be okay.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>あの人（ひと）は<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>ろくに</span>仕事（しごと）も出来（でき）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>ない</span>のに、偉（えら）そうな態度（たいど）をとるから会社（かいしゃ）中（じゅう）で嫌（きら）われている。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>He is disliked by everyone in the company because he has an arrogant attitude even though he can barely do his job.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>仕事（しごと）が忙（いそが）しすぎて、ここ最近（さいきん）、<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>ろくに</span>友達（ともだち）にも会（あ）えて<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>ない</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Because I am so busy, I barely have time to see my friends.</div></li></ul>While <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>ろくに</span> will often appear in the kanji form, it is also common to see this structure in hiragana alone. Alternatively, <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>碌（ろく）に</span> may also sometimes be seen, but this particular kanji is ateji (a kanji used purely for its pronunciation, not its meaning).<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>近所（きんじょ）のワンちゃんが朝（あさ）までずっと吠（ほ）えていたから、昨晩（さくばん）は<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>陸（ろく）に</span>寝（ね）れ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>なかった</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>A dog in my neighborhood was barking until this morning so I barely got any sleep.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>豆（まめ）なんて<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>碌（ろく）に</span>食（た）べ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='693'>ない</span>のに、うちには豆（まめ）の缶詰（かんずめ）がいっぱいある。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I have a lot of canned beans at home even though I hardly eat them.</div></li></ul>This particular grammar point often has the nuance of something that is being done without sufficient effort, or is half-baked.<div class='writeup-funfact'>Fun-fact - 陸（りく） comes from the kanji meaning 'land', and is used with the reading of ろく when the nuance is flatness, correctness, or seriousness.</div></div>

Grammar Info

陸(ろく)に～ない

not well/properly, not much/enough, barely・hardly