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Incompetently

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in·com·pe·tent  (n-kmp-tnt)
adj.
1. Not qualified in legal terms: a defendant who was incompetent to stand trial.
2. Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application.
3. Devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action.
n.
An incompetent person.
in·compe·tent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.incompetently - in an incompetent manner; "he did the job rather incompetently"
displaying incompetence
ably, aptly, capably, competently - with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently"
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If anything, they seem to have reinforced and strengthened their determination to govern as incompetently and unfairly as they can.
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Both the federal government and the Daily News are incompetently reporting the real inflation rate.
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