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Recent Examples of incompetently
The information the city provided to win passage of a ballot measure in 2022 allowing this fee was incompetently inaccurate.
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompetently
Adverb
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Multiple bettors placed high-stakes wagers on Rozier to perform poorly before the game, all of which won.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The referendum also performed poorly in parts of north Mecklenburg west of Interstate 77, despite support for the plan in many precincts in the north to the east of the interstate.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Dancing the Poznan really ineptly, mind you, but dancing nonetheless.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Somehow this ineptly plotted affair lured Keke Palmer into its lair and her comedy chops all but gets handcuffed by an illogical, unfunny screenplay.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Yet for years, the massive amount of data linked to its operations was handled manually and inefficiently.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Kings lost Vladislav Gavrikov to free agency, spent that money inefficiently on Cody Ceci and Brian Dumoulin, and then gave up Jordan Spence for good measure.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Incompetently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompetently. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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