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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

It would then have to convince a circuit court judge in each jurisdiction at trial that the prosecutor has neglected his or her duty, misused the office or acted incompetently.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2021

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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