ineptly

Adverb

Meaning

Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fecklessly unfortunately roughly poorly badly incorrectly wrongly improperly insufficiently inaccurately carelessly negligently grimly clumsily inefficiently
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Antonyms

right well better fully fairly properly
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Examples

he performed his functions ineptly Source: Internet

this function is ineptly left to a small voice Source: Internet

Corrupt officials were certainly a cause of the freedom given the cartels to murder anyone they wished, but ultimately, the Mexican government was ineptly led. Source: Internet

In another sketch, a policeman (McCulloch; see "Police Department" above) ineptly poses as a customer while his partner (McKinney), in uniform, stands a few feet away hoping to bust them. Source: Internet

Pfanz, p. 123. David L. Callihan, in a 2002 reassessment of Longstreet's legacy, wrote, "It is appalling that a field commander of Longstreet's experience and caliber would so cavalierly and ineptly march and prepare his men for battle." Source: Internet

When it is performed ineptly, or is vulgar, and especially if it is vulgar and witnessed by sleepers, magic can cause Paradox, a phenomenon in which reality tries to resolve contradictions between the consensus and the Mage's efforts. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

inept man inept person ineptitude ineptness ineptocracy inequable