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ineptly





ADVERB
incompetently
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The programs that require such forms are often ineptly designed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

“The fire was ineptly termed accidental,” Orr wrote in “Points of Origin.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2025

The New York Times called the ceremony “forgettable,” and The New Yorker said the show “was ineptly written and paced.”

From New York Times Sep. 13, 2022

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Clayton Kershaw’s pitches all sizzled from the start, and the Los Angeles Angels swung early, often and usually ineptly.

From Washington Times Jul. 16, 2022

And the bonds that had been most ineptly rated were the bonds that Wall Street firms had tricked the rating agencies into rating most ineptly.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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