incompetently

Example Sentences

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Either the men are incompetently pursuing them, as in “Retail,” or struggling to hang on to them, as in “Slant Six.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Mr Gove told the BBC: "We are not giving money to organisations which are operating incompetently and in some cases callously."

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2022

Despite huge expenditures for modern aircraft, Russian generals would rather leave them parked menacingly on runways than have them flown incompetently in battle.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2022

But “Chain of Death” is incompetently made in the way that only a movie with some — but not enough — money can be.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2019

In vain did Bolivia counterattack with its ally, Peru; Chile simply repelled their incompetently led forces and took over the entire territory, as well as a chunk of southern Peru.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann