[
UK
/ɪnkˈɒmpɪtəntli/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈkɑmpətəntɫi/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈkɑmpətəntɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
in an incompetent manner
he did the job rather incompetently
How To Use incompetently In A Sentence
- he did the job rather incompetently
- The thing about corruption or cronyism is that it's almost impossible to prove, unless its done very incompetently.
- The Nato intervention was illegal (never authorised by the UN), based on a false prospectus (the Rambouillet conference concocted a pretext for attacking Serbia), unnecessary (the possibilities of a peaceful solution had not been exhausted) and incompetently executed (thousands of innocent civilians killed, non-military targets destroyed). Letters: Discredited foreign policy doctrines
- This has been incompetently handled, mismanaged every step of the way.
- In other words, that you got mugged is not in and of itself proof that the police, sheriff's dept., etc. incompetently or negligently performed their job (protecting you), and you would have no grounds to sue them solely on that basis. Our Supreme Moment
- It is a waste to let good waves be ridden incompetently, so surfers push harder to surf better.
- The encounter ends with Robert incompetently kidnapping Celine.
- On that occasion and on others down the years, I've been followed, threatened, chased, roughed up, abused, incompetently and opaquely approached by seductive and not very seductive operatives. A Cynic Explains The Russian Spying Scandal