unskillfully

Example Sentences

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I had been trying my hand at oil painting, and as we talked, I dabbed bits of paint, unskillfully, on the canvas as Rebecca watched.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2017

He was said to have brought suit against his New York attorneys for "recklessly, negligently, unskillfully" conducting his defense.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The U.S. hand was repeatedly tipped and unskillfully played," said the commission.

From Time Magazine Archive

They disagreed with a critic's description of him as looking like "an unskillfully poached egg" or being, as H. G. Wells said spitefully, "an intellectual eunuch."

From Time Magazine Archive

But the most tempting bait and the strongest lure will jointly prove unavailing if one's set be unskillfully made, and carelessness be practiced in going to and from trap.

From Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)