ineptly
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Plus, it’s inherently funny when a body engineered to function with extreme precision behaves ineptly.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
The programs that require such forms are often ineptly designed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
“The fire was ineptly termed accidental,” Orr wrote in “Points of Origin.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
I like when it is ineptly cut, rendering at least one triangular corner with nothing more than an oven-dried smear of sauce.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2022
As the bonds were all priced off the Moody’s rating, the most overpriced bonds were the bonds that had been most ineptly rated.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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