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Recent Examples of incompetently
As was mentioned in your editorial, the Broward school district has been incompetently managed, wasteful and corrupt for years.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
The information the city provided to win passage of a ballot measure in 2022 allowing this fee was incompetently inaccurate.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
The information the city provided to win passage of a ballot measure in 2022 allowing this fee was incompetently inaccurate.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompetently
Adverb
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Students that are assigned a teacher that inflates grades are more likely to score poorly on future tests.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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For Europe, the LNG crisis is poorly timed.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The collapse of the Constitution’s balance of powers between three branches of government got us into an unneeded war conducted ineptly.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Dancing the Poznan really ineptly, mind you, but dancing nonetheless.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Lower per-unit prices do not translate into lower total cost if utilization expands inefficiently or without appropriate indication.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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However, in real use, their performance falls short because sulfur and its intermediate compounds, called polysulfides, react too slowly and inefficiently.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Incompetently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompetently. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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