as in poorly
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Adverb
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Under simulated flue gas conditions containing 15 percent CO₂, 8 percent oxygen, and 77 percent nitrogen, the new system continued to produce significant amounts of formic acid while other systems performed poorly.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026 -
The country’s hospitals are so poorly equipped that patients are asked to provide supplies needed for their care, from syringes to surgical screws.—
David Klepper,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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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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As was mentioned in your editorial, the Broward school district has been incompetently managed, wasteful and corrupt for years.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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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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“Inexpertly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexpertly. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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