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ineptly
adverb
uk /ɪnˈept.li/ us /ɪnˈept.li/
in a way that is not skilled or effective:
The club has been run ineptly for nearly two decades now.
The government has reacted slowly and ineptly to the developing crisis.
Both sides played ineptly in the first half of the match.
He picked up an extremely powerful hand of cards, but proceeded to play it ineptly.
It was remarkable how ineptly they handled the launch of the product.
The pipe under the sink had been ineptly installed and soon started to leak.
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