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I had been trying my hand at oil painting, and as we talked, I dabbed bits of paint, unskillfully, on the canvas as Rebecca watched.

From Seattle Times Feb. 8, 2017

"The U.S. hand was repeatedly tipped and unskillfully played," said the commission.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was said to have brought suit against his New York attorneys for "recklessly, negligently, unskillfully" conducting his defense.

From Time Magazine Archive

After inspecting Nanking, military experts opined that unskillfully constructed dugouts which collapsed of themselves had killed about as many Chinese as any one squadron of Japanese bombers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of these are of the most satisfactory character, while others are poorly designed and unskillfully applied, and are a constant source of trouble and expense to the occupant of the building.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various




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