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Ineptly

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an inept or incompetent manner.

    "Quite possibly the worst aspect of this is the role of the train operating companies and their representative body, the ineptly named Rail Delivery Group (RDG). Ostensibly, the plan has come from them. In reality, this has been driven entirely by Government, which asked each train operator to draw up plans for its area."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in an inept manner wordnet

Etymology

From inept + -ly.

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