He dealt with the problem rather ineffectively. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies. ,an ineffective manager. From Dictionary.com.
Clinton used in ineffectively, but nevertheless used it several times. From Wordnik.com. [Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Batman in the Real World] Reference
If not, I fail to see the reason why we should educate our children 'ineffectively'. From Wordnik.com. [Malaysiakini] Reference
They can, and they will, but ineffectively, I fear. From Wordnik.com. [Cable Neuhaus: The End of Magazines as We Know Them?] Reference
Well, she had never been one to mope ineffectively. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
She knew she was being malicious, and ineffectively so. From Wordnik.com. [Murder to Go]
Umlaut brushed himself off ineffectively and cleared his throat. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
They sliced and bashed ineffectively at the dragon's side and back. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
The waif smiled and clapped her little hands ineffectively together. From Wordnik.com. [Stork Naked]
Democrats have been left to combat all that love rather ineffectively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2008] Reference
How do you use tech contractors effectively, instead of ineffectively?. From Wordnik.com. [Internet and Politics (4) NetRoots Organizers] Reference
So I guess he uses the MySpace account, although fairly ineffectively. From Wordnik.com. [Candidate campaigns on MySpace] Reference
KING: If they argued ineffectively assistance, you would have said ...?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 6, 2005] Reference
His sword arm was immobilized; all he could do was bite, ineffectively. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
We can think carelessly and ineffectively, or carefully and successfully. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
A number of others, in an extremely uninteresting cast, labored ineffectively. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Cochrane brushed ineffectively at the powder stains on his green uniform coat. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
Yet this tack only underscores how ineffectively Smith engaged with actual space. From Wordnik.com. [The Lessons of Modernism, Minus the Mystery of Space] Reference
As we left camp, he was sniping away merrily, and about as ineffectively as usual. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
No one, absolutely no one is more ineffectively and less respected than Lautenburg. From Wordnik.com. [Is Rob Andrews Actually Leaving The House After Failed Senate Bid?] Reference
If money is spent ineffectively no capital in the world is going to help government. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Cooper: Stimulus, Schmimulus -- We Need Jobs to Build a Sustainable Economy] Reference
They've rather ineffectively tried to close some doors, and not opened others that should be. From Wordnik.com. [The Fear Factor] Reference
The report says Chertoff executed critical responsibilities late, ineffectively or not at all. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2006] Reference
The report says Chertoff performed his duties during Katrina, late, ineffectively, or not at all. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006] Reference
Suspicious of the role of power in foreign policy, they use it ineffectively and without conviction. From Wordnik.com. [New World Disorder] Reference
And the House Committee called your response late -- you responded late, ineffectively, or not at all. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: Katrina Coverup: How Tim Russert's Interview Served the Republican Party Line] Reference
The House report concludes that he fulfilled his responsibilities 'late, ineffectively, or not at all.'. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: Katrina Coverup: How Tim Russert's Interview Served the Republican Party Line] Reference
The French replied from some old guns on the hills as well as three shots from the Zelie, but ineffectively. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference
When they finally entered the bedroom, they found Gloria Guzman performing CPR on Mark Richards ineffectively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2006] Reference
Either the one or the other must suffer and be neglected, or both will be but imperfectly and ineffectively performed. From Wordnik.com. [Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post] Reference
Vlad stood outside the passport office shivering in his old military service jacket, ineffectively patched numerous times. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Pompeii ii] Reference
We've tried ineffectively enforcing weak rules, letting players cheat at will and wagging our finger for show whenever we catch one. From Wordnik.com. [Keith Blanchard: Let's All Stop Whining And Let The Athletes Juice!] Reference
Sure, we kept some troops there to hunt - usually ineffectively - Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, but really we threw everything into Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Michael B. Laskoff: Afghanistan: Let's Go Home] Reference
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