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incompetently

ADVERB
poorly
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Lance Miles, who lives in Tunbridge Wells and is registered disabled, described SEW as "incompetently useless".

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Either the men are incompetently pursuing them, as in “Retail,” or struggling to hang on to them, as in “Slant Six.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

On the other hand, Bowser has presided over some bureaucratic busts: a failed crime lab, an incompetently run Department of Corrections, a shady Housing Authority, and a dysfunctional Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2022

But “Chain of Death” is incompetently made in the way that only a movie with some — but not enough — money can be.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2019

In vain did Bolivia counterattack with its ally, Peru; Chile simply repelled their incompetently led forces and took over the entire territory, as well as a chunk of southern Peru.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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