He performed his functions ineptly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This function is ineptly left to a small voice. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people. ,an inept remark. From Dictionary.com.
But this has been really ineptly handled by the government. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2009] Reference
What I was asking, very ineptly, is how he won over the girl. From Wordnik.com. [Tickets For Big Michigan And Florida Meeting Already Sold Out!] Reference
The fact that he has executed it ineptly is beside the point. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards to Clinton: Explain Your Vote on Iraq] Reference
It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill. From Wordnik.com. [New York Post Half-Apologizes for Offensive Racist Cartoon,] Reference
Ah! how ineptly cometh the word “virtue” out of their mouth!. From Wordnik.com. [Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none] Reference
What you are reaching for so ineptly is, "He's all hat and no cattle.". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Many of his associates practiced them, less ineptly than he, apparently. From Wordnik.com. [Albert's Mother] Reference
George Bernard Shaw in the ineptly-named article, "Common Sense About the War.". From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
Once he had the war, he and his people planned it ineptly and executed it disastrously. From Wordnik.com. [Larry Beinhart: Give George Bush His War] Reference
The party has had a terrible time for decades with infighting and ineptly run campaigns. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Ickes Confirms That Wright Is Key Topic In Discussions With Super-Delegates] Reference
Instead, the movie was a 97-minute bore, ineptly acted and directed from start to finish. From Wordnik.com. [Say Goodbye To Hollywood] Reference
CHEEVER, ineptly reaching toward Elizabeth: No, no, I am forbid to leave her from my sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Crucible]
Commonwealth citizens were free to enter as they pleased; but, ineptly, no records were kept. From Wordnik.com. [The real trouble with Enoch] Reference
Oil infrastructure was not destroyed, ineptly defended and seized intact with consummate ease. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003] Reference
Bragi did try to comfort him momentarily, ineptly, recalling his own agony at his father's death. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
Steve Schmitz, you and your man McCain created this scenario by handling the VP selection so ineptly. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Campaign Sheds Crocodile Tears About Media To Build Up Palin's Speech Tonight] Reference
What I'm trying so ineptly to get at is this: You can't risk devoting yourself totally to the patients. From Wordnik.com. [Honorbound]
It's alarming and upsetting that anyone is trying -- however ineptly -- to kill so many innocent people. From Wordnik.com. [Will Bunch: The Taserification of America] Reference
It can be very striking, but if it's -- if it's told ineptly, it doesn't -- doesn't grab your attention. From Wordnik.com. [When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography] Reference
She was defending a backward, alien and aggressive culture, and doing it very ineptly with errors in fact. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
This is first skidding step on the slippery slope toward socialism -- and ineptly managed socialism at that. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Gottlieb: Hold the Center] Reference
Now, I knew she was delusional, but this was an astronomical delusion, as well as an ineptly-worded sentence. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Boobiac Strikes Back!] Reference
All the while they were pelting him with lumps of laterite, but their arms were feeble and they threw ineptly. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
See, with 'all this broken stone lying loosely about, their homes and storehouses are still ineptly fashioned. From Wordnik.com. [The Deluge Drivers]
Beyond that, the current government of President Abdurrahman Wahid has behaved erratically and, at times, ineptly. From Wordnik.com. [A Bloody Christmas] Reference
The point he was so ineptly trying to make was not about the lowness of the wage, but rather the type of work itself. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Himself Invokes POW Past To Deflect Criticism Of Houses Gaffe] Reference
Most of the country believes (in poll after poll) that 9/11 wasn't just ineptly "allowed" -- it was actively ENGINEERED. From Wordnik.com. [The Bush/bin Laden Siamese Twins] Reference
The WMD hoax designed to gain public support for an unprovoked, illegal and ineptly planned invasion and occupation of Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Why Is George W. Bush Above The Law] Reference
Tokyo reacted to this shortfall in demand slowly and ineptly, but ultimately it adopted reasonably bold fiscal and monetary policies. From Wordnik.com. [Japan's Lost Decade Writ Large] Reference
He said he had no objection to Thursday being declared a public holiday, but that he believed the announcement had been ineptly handled. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
U.S. citizen Faisal Shahzad tried, quite ineptly, to blow up an SUV in midtown Manhattan and was apprehended as he attempted to flee the country. From Wordnik.com. [John Feffer: Times Square Bomber: Jihad Tea Party?] Reference
I do not feel confident a plan to strike fear into the American people would have ever included portrayal of a government as ineptly prepared or revealed a President as cowardly. From Wordnik.com. [Bush was not involved in planning 9-11] Reference
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