incompetentlyadv.
/ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəntli/ In an incompetent manner or degree; inadequately, insufficiently; with incompetence.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adverb] > in an unable or incompetent manner
unsufficiently1398
incompetently1653
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > without proficiency
rawly1581
insatisfactorily1646
incompetently1653
wretchedly1677
terribly1906
the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb]
unsufficiently1398
badlyc1400
over-littlec1440
insufficientlya1530
deficiently1702
incompetently1812
none too‥1885
1653 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar (rev. ed.) ii. Addit. Section xii. 305 He that fights for temporals..loses his title, by striving incompetently for the reward.
1812 E. Burke Burke's Speech Dormant Claims Church, 1772 in Wks. V. 423 Not that the Church of England is incompetently endowed.
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